Tax Filing Experience: Jomtien [March-2025]

[Mindful Spender]

it all sound like that they are aggressively trying to scoop up as much money they can get from people to fund the government. 

[jesimps]

On 3/14/2025 at 5:04 PM, bamnutsak said:

 

Fully up to speed on the relevant DTA.

 

I think you missed the point of my question, which is unrelated to DTAs and quite simple...

 

 

If I have ZERO assessable income do I have to file a return?

 

 

In my opinion if I have zero assessable income then it doesn't have to be assessed and if it doesn't need assessing, then I don't need to file. I'd just be making work for people. If they have doubts about me, they can call me in for an audit. I don't want to chance some jobsworth taxing me on income already taxed, which in any case is covered by the DTA.

[jesimps]

On 3/14/2025 at 5:21 PM, jwest10 said:

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There has been some debate over several months about who must file a tax return in Thailand, which I think  the TRD makes explicitly clear and is reflected in the Simple Tax Guide. I thought it might be useful however to also provide a quote from PWC on this subject which says:

 

"The following individuals are required to file income tax returns for income earned in the preceding tax year irrespective of whether there is any tax due:

 

• A person who has no spouse and earns income of more than Baht 60,000

• A person who has no spouse and earns income under category (1) (salaries and wages) of more than Baht 120,000

• A person who has a spouse and earns income of more than Baht 120,000

• A person who has a spouse and earns income under category (1) (salaries and wages) of more than Baht 220,000".

Even those who were mocked by the local DTA official for requesting a TIN to do exactly that and were sent packing I assume. You'd have to be mad to have another shot at it.