Personnal incone tax : Thai wife allowance

[karl73]

Hi, i live in Thailand all year with a Thai spouse visa.  My wife works part time and get a salary of around 10,000 THB/month. Can i get the 60.000 THB allowance or any deduction ?

 

Thanks

 

Cheers

[steve187]

would it not be best for wife to make her own tax return,  I understand that she could claim 60k allowance and the first 150k being tax free. does she pay any tax at present, does she work for a company

[karl73]

31 minutes ago, steve187 said:

would it not be best for wife to make her own tax return,  I understand that she could claim 60k allowance and the first 150k being tax free. does she pay any tax at present, does she work for a company

Hi, she declares her online income at the tax authorities.

[Ben Zioner]

1 hour ago, karl73 said:

Hi, she declares her online income at the tax authorities.

I think you'd be better off making a combined filing, at 10k a month she is under the threshold anyway and can't benefit from fram any of the allowances/rebates.

[flexomike]

On 2/23/2025 at 10:15 PM, Ben Zioner said:

I think you'd be better off making a combined filing, at 10k a month she is under the threshold anyway and can't benefit from fram any of the allowances/rebates.

She would be better off filing on her own, would owe zero taxes. If filing joint have to add the incomes together and only get one 150,000 tax free benefit

 

[CFCol]

On 2/23/2025 at 7:40 PM, karl73 said:

Hi, i live in Thailand all year with a Thai spouse visa.  My wife works part time and get a salary of around 10,000 THB/month. Can i get the 60.000 THB allowance or any deduction ?

 

Thanks

 

Cheers

You both get the 60K allowance

[motdaeng]

44 minutes ago, flexomike said:

She would be better off filing on her own, would owe zero taxes. If filing joint have to add the incomes together and only get one 150,000 tax free benefit

 

 

i don't think that's correct. if that were true, no one would file a tax form with their spouse (because of missing the 150k tax free benefit).

do you have a reliable source for that?

[UKJASE]

are u not allowed to gift your wife 20 million a year tax free?  if that is correct (which i think it is) would you not then be able to send the money direct to her from your home country, tax free?  and if she wants to pay for all the housekeeping, even better :)

[motdaeng]

1 hour ago, UKJASE said:

are u not allowed to gift your wife 20 million a year tax free?  if that is correct (which i think it is) would you not then be able to send the money direct to her from your home country, tax free?  and if she wants to pay for all the housekeeping, even better :)

 

this topic has already been discussed countless times in detail... there are many points that need to be considered (to avoid tax evasion).

if it were that simple, everyone would do it.

 

 

[flexomike]

3 hours ago, CFCol said:

You both get the 60K allowance

Yes, but if they both filed seperately they would each have 150,000 of 0 tax

[Yumthai]

2 hours ago, motdaeng said:

if it were that simple, everyone would do it.

Everyone, except people who've been sadly brainwashed by these fearmongering and confusing tax threads, is doing it.

[redwood1]

9 minutes ago, Yumthai said:

Everyone, except people who's been sadly brainwashed by these fearmongering and confusing tax threads, is doing it.

The tax threads have had great entertainment value.....And that has been about their only value....

What a convoluted confusing stinking pile of rubbish it has all been... 

[motdaeng]

22 minutes ago, Yumthai said:

Everyone, except people who've been sadly brainwashed by these fearmongering and confusing tax threads, is doing it.

 

i really hope someone like you will be the first to try this "gift" option ... it will be entertaining. as always, it's up to you 

 

[flexomike]

6 hours ago, motdaeng said:

 

i don't think that's correct. if that were true, no one would file a tax form with their spouse (because of missing the 150k tax free benefit).

do you have a reliable source for that?

look at the tax tables, first 150,000 is tax free, single or married, I just filed last week with the spouse and didn't need the extra 150,000 as she had no income. Wanted to file single but they insisited on filing joint,

[Yumthai]

1 hour ago, motdaeng said:

i really hope someone like you will be the first to try this "gift" option ... it will be entertaining. as always, it's up to you 

I gift my wife since years and will continue to do so, as most of the foreigners, if not all, in the same situation. I'm not worried as no one should be.

[flexomike]

7 hours ago, motdaeng said:

 

i don't think that's correct. if that were true, no one would file a tax form with their spouse (because of missing the 150k tax free benefit).

do you have a reliable source for that?

If the spouse has low income it would be advantageous to file jointly because you would get 65,000 deduction for her and if she has Thai health insurance and or life insurance you can deduct up to 100,000 baht on your return, my wife has no assessable income so I can add her onto my taxes and this year I can bring in an extra 140,000 baht tax free.

[Satcommlee]

Big question to ask is your wife in the grey economy?  Does she pay SSO for example?  Or is she cash in hand..