January 23, 20251 yr 15 minutes ago, PJ71 said: Does this not raise the question, "why bother"? Is this just to show you're drinking buddies that 'you're the man'? Pink ID card / Yellow book, complete waste of time as mentioned many times. I think it depends on the individual. Given the local RD office refused me a Thai Tax ID, which I needed for some foreign trading accounts, by using my Thai pink ID #, in place of a Thai tax ID #, I was able to ( in a very timely time critical moment) unfreeze and transfer the trading accounts, and earn over $100k Cdn$. With out the pink ID I would have missed the stock buying opportunity that made me a lot of money. So a waste of time? I guess it all relative. I am not so wealthy that I consider $100k Cdn$ a waste. Good for you that you have so much money that you can thumb your nose at $100k Cdn$. I can only wish to have that much money to consider such a waste. Again, it depends on the individual and their situation.
January 23, 20251 yr 2 minutes ago, oldcpu said: I think it depends on the individual. Given the local RD office refused me a Thai Tax ID, which I needed for some foreign trading accounts, by using my Thai pink ID, in place of a Thai tax ID, I was able to ( in a very timely time critical moment) unfreeze and transfer the trading accounts, and earn over $100k Cdn$. With out the pink ID I would have missed the stock buying opportunity that made me a lot of money. So a waste of time? I guess it all relative. I am not so wealthy that I consider $100k Cdn$ a waste. Good for you that you have so much money that you can thumb your nose at $100k Cdn$. I can only wish to have that much money. Again, it depends on the individual and their situation. So you're one of these digital gonads? aka trader? $100K canadian rupees is only about 300 baht - lol.
January 23, 20251 yr Just now, PJ71 said: So you're one of these digital gonads? aka trader? $100K canadian rupees is only about 300 baht - lol. Lol. I wish Revenue Canada saw it that way. Then my Canadian taxes would be much less. 😅
January 23, 20251 yr Just now, oldcpu said: Lol. I wish Revenue Canada saw it that way. Then my Canadian taxes would be much less. 😅 Yeah, i've got some Canadian friends and it sounds like everyone there wants their cut of hard earned money - no thanks!
January 25, 20251 yr On 1/23/2025 at 9:05 AM, PJ71 said: Does this not raise the question, "why bother"? Is this just to show you're drinking buddies that 'you're the man'? Pink ID card / Yellow book, complete waste of time as mentioned many times. I would not have done it, except so that I could get into the Thai-Health system after my job ended. That's a massive savings over private insurance, especially as one gets older.
January 26, 20251 yr 20 hours ago, Rob Browder said: I would not have done it, except so that I could get into the Thai-Health system after my job ended. That's a massive savings over private insurance, especially as one gets older. I was on a WP for years. Unfortunately that was years and years ago. I had no idea of any potential benefits. When I resigned, I thought that was that and all the social welfare payments were just paid tax.
January 26, 20251 yr Popular Post On 1/23/2025 at 9:05 AM, PJ71 said: Does this not raise the question, "why bother"? Is this just to show you're drinking buddies that 'you're the man'? Pink ID card / Yellow book, complete waste of time as mentioned many times. How is it you always turn up on yellow book threads with the same ol' nonsense, just because you can't get one........... Incredibly tiresome............
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