Other option is wife investing in US as a nonresident alien, filing Form 1040-NR.
Withholding at source of 30%.
Income effectively connected taxed at 10-12% (lower brackets), no standard deduction available for non-residents.
Income not effectively connected (dividends and interest in this category) are taxed at 30% unless lower by treaty. Thai-US treaty sets the rate at 15%, China-US treaty sets the rate at 10%.
If <183 days in US, capital gains are NOT taxed by the US, but may be taxed by Thailand. (I assume only if remitted.)
So for a Thai wife, in order to reduce taxes, invest in ETF's that pay low/no dividends, focused on capital appreciation rather than income.
I might be interested if I knew what you were talking about.
I'm thinking of copying Trump's grift, selling toilet paper to my fellow leftists with Trump's face printed on it. Send me a photo if you want your 15 minutes of fame.
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