Tax files

[digger70]

Just now, Will B Good said:

 

No it is not.

 

The State pension is not taxed at source and everyone who pays enough NIC's qualifies.

 

The government pension is paid to government employees only.....teachers, doctors, nurses.....taxed at source and is nothing to do with the State pension per se.

 

The fact that both are paid by the government does not mean they are both government pensions......one is the State pension and one is a government pension.

Well, Our Government pension gets paid to Everyone From Unemployed to disability and age people  so Leave it like that ok .

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, digger70 said:

Well, Our Government pension gets paid to Everyone From Unemployed to disability and age people  so Leave it like that ok .

 

Well, our Age pension gets paid to Everyone From Unemployed to disability and age people............. and people who were employed by the government get a government pension. So leave it like that okay.

 

You can't have the same word for two entirely different things when discussing tax affairs.

[newbee2022]

16 minutes ago, alanrchase said:

So your OP was half a story. Mention pensions but not income. 

???

[newbee2022]

15 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Presumably they are simply taking a government pension, paid to employees of the government, as the equivalent to company or private pension.

 

It simplifies matters to put all types of pension into just one of two groups.

 

Regardless, it is a matter of fact that a State pension is not a government pension, which started this mini-thread.

Give me a break. 😍We're taking about Thailand.

[digger70]

7 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Well, our Age pension gets paid to Everyone From Unemployed to disability and age people............. and people who were employed by the government get a government pension. So leave it like that okay.

 

You can't have the same word for two entirely different things when discussing tax affairs.

Wel for Us Aussies there is only One word . Makes it easy don't it , especially  for Tax purpose.

[Will B Good]

8 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Give me a break. 😍We're taking about Thailand.

 

So not about pensions remitted from abroad?

[Will B Good]

3 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Wel for Us Aussies there is only One word . Makes it easy don't it , especially  for Tax purpose.

 

I agree.....it is the same in the UK...."a government pension is a state pension".....but it's not, and not many people understand the importance of distinguishing between a state pension and a government pension.....certainly for this topic of taxes at least.

 

Let's leave it there.

[newbee2022]

48 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

So not about pensions remitted from abroad?

I repeat my experience: the tax officer told me state pensions are free. Private are not.

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

I repeat my experience: the tax officer told me state pensions are free. Private are not.

 

...and a government pension?

[newbee2022]

14 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

...and a government pension?

In Thailand are only 2 pensions relevant. Private and state pensions. 

[Will B Good]

4 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

In Thailand are only 2 pensions relevant. Private and state pensions. 

 

So I can bring my UK government pension into Thailand (leaving my State and private pensions in the UK) and as the Thais don't have a category for that type of pension it will be tax free....bonus....cheers.

[newbee2022]

14 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

So I can bring my UK government pension into Thailand (leaving my State and private pensions in the UK) and as the Thais don't have a category for that type of pension it will be tax free....bonus....cheers.

That's what I've been told