K bank E-mail with Tax Forms attached ?

[Jingthing]

I'm not suggesting people to do it or not do it.

But not getting the email might mean as I suspect in my case about the branch keying in an incorrect email when you opened the account as opposed to online banking where the email must be correct.

I have decided to do the forms because I  wanted to understand exactly what's on them as I have three Thai bank accounts and I expect all Thai banks to do the same as Kbank sooner or later.

As opposed to someday being required to sign a document at a branch to get needed business done without understanding what I'm signing 

[hotandsticky]

3 hours ago, 4myr said:

Remember CRS responsibility's is the Financial Institution's as part of KYC, not the customer of the FI.

 

That is akin to saying that a landlord is responsible for submitting a TM30.

 

Guess who gets the fine for non-compliance.

 

If I was a bank (and responsible for logging this information) I would just close the account of any awkward b4stard,  who didn't respond, and send them a cheque for their balance.

[NativeBob]

As this appeares to be an important thing I requested delivery receipt and read receipt. Two.

I sent these files to their designated email and CC: to another gmail and private server adresses 

Latter arrived just fine, however Kasikorn mail server had an Error regarding last hop delivery. 

 

So how to do? if I sent but they didn't receive it than what? 

I think this didn't happened only to me, 

[Caldera]

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

But not getting the email might mean as I suspect in my case about the branch keying in an incorrect email when you opened the account as opposed to online banking where the email must be correct.

 

It's conceivable that they have several different email addresses stored in different places for a customer, yes. That's something I could check with them when I'll go there anyway to update my residential address.

[Jingthing]

I plan on going into the branch with the completed forms which is allowed as an alternative other than email. I assume they will make their own copies of passport and bank book to be signed there. If for some reason they don't want the forms at the branch as reported here they may have questions instead. In which case I will know how to answer because I completed the forms and fully understand the issues involved with CRS and in the case of US persons FACTA.

[soi3eddie]

5 hours ago, NativeBob said:

As this appeares to be an important thing I requested delivery receipt and read receipt. Two.

I sent these files to their designated email and CC: to another gmail and private server adresses 

Latter arrived just fine, however Kasikorn mail server had an Error regarding last hop delivery. 

 

So how to do? if I sent but they didn't receive it than what? 

I think this didn't happened only to me, 

 

 

I wonder, has anyone here who submitted by email, received a reply or acknowledgement from Kbank?

 

[Mutt Daeng]

6 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

 

 

I wonder, has anyone here who submitted by email, received a reply or acknowledgement from Kbank?

 

I sent mine back on 28/11/2024 via email and have not received a reply or acknowledgement, despite the last line of my email saying:

I would appreciate confirmation that this information has been received and no further action is required.

[MeRakThai]

1 hour ago, Mutt Daeng said:

I sent mine back on 28/11/2024 via email and have not received a reply or acknowledgement, despite the last line of my email saying:

I would appreciate confirmation that this information has been received and no further action is required.

Hello, I sent mine back from Australia 4/12/2024 and have sent Two follow up e-mails requesting that have they received my documentations. NO reply back. I know their server has received my e-mails because I requested a delivery receipt which came back as received from their server but NO read receipt. pretty poor service and I am still left wondering.

[NativeBob]

14 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

I wonder, has anyone here who submitted by email, received a reply or acknowledgement from Kbank?

Seems that none.
Exciting development, isn't? 

[Jingthing]

OK.

Nightmare report.

I never got the email but got the kbank crs file from here. The IRS forms are the same regardless.  I filled out the forms on my computer, printed, but signed manually. I needed the CRS and W9.

Hoping I could just hand over my forms and passport and bank book copy and be done with it! Silly me.

The clerk didn't say one word but started typing up a storm.

Eventually he handed me a page in Thai to sign.

I said I won't sign something I don’t understand.

Rather hilariously he accepted that and tore up that page.

Then he typed some more and printed out the forms with what he had keyed in albeit not precisely. So then I needed to proof against my filled in forms.

He couldn't print a filled in W9 form so I had to do that by hand.

Then sign both forms 

Over?

Think again.

He rejected my W9 on the grounds that I didn’t put in a US address.

I had researched this in advance and knew that the address on your W9 must match the address you use to file with the IRS.

I have been filing with a Thai address for decades.

He started fighting me with the support of three more bank staff.

I said this is a US tax form and I must follow the US instructions or I can't sign it.

He said no this is the banks form.

Of course it isn't. 

It's a very official US tax form filed with the bank.

Still trying to fight me he eventually started to get thst I wouldn't budge and let it be.

Learn from my awful experience what you will but I think there is an important lesson for Americans and the W9.

If you go in tbere without forms and they ask your US address to key in their system, if you don't file to IRS with a US address they are filing a totally incorrect W9 form in your name. Fine if you do file IRS with a US address of course.

Maybe filing a very incorrect W9 is OK with most people.  Not me.