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Rising Defiance: Armed Gaza Clans Call for Uprising Against Hamas
Taking hostages is a war crime When will the Palestinians be held accountable for their continuous war crimes ? All those involved with taking and holding hostages need to face justice . Life in jail or execution . These Palestinian war criminals cannot evade justice -
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Who's still thinking of buying a high rise condo after the earthquake?
Shall, I take that as a no? You won't buy? Or buy if a qualified evaluation is done? -
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I'm so depressed
I would not go near the place, unless I absolutely had to. And, fortunately, I do not have to. -
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Rising Defiance: Armed Gaza Clans Call for Uprising Against Hamas
Why do the Israelis need to keep on helping the Palestinians all the time ? -
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Problems with submitting Tax Return
Early March I visited the local Tax Office to request a TIN. Some difficulty communicating as no one spoke more than a few words of English; although this was resolved to some extent by their translation software. However I was told that as I had neither employment in Thailand nor a business here I do not need to pay income tax. And therefore do not require a TIN. I replied that as a retired person on a long-stay visa who remits cash from abroad to my Thai bank account as and when needed, my understanding is that I must declare the total remitted since it is substantially in excess of 60K baht. I showed my bank account passbook to prove the transfers made over the past year. Much time passed without my request for a TIN being granted, before finally being asked to return another day. On Thursday 13 March, I secured the assistance of a Thai friend who is a professional interpreter to accompany me to town on a second visit to the Tax Office. This time it was possible to prevail upon them to issue me with a TIN. They also gave me a Personal Income Tax Form #91 to complete. As this was in Thai it was incomprehensible to me, but I managed to obtain an English language version from the Tax Office web-site. Although not difficult to complete (once one understands what is required after careful study of the downloaded documentation) it took me several days of study and more than one fudged attempt before the Form was successfully filled in. Upon filling in the details -- total remittances less (195K + 60K) baht -- I realised that my taxable income was well within the tax-free band of up to 150K. So decided to claim back 2.6K baht of withholding tax on interest received on term-deposits. For this I would need to submit, together with my Form #91 and its Exemptions Appendix, a Withholding Tax Certificate issued by the Bank. Unfortunately, I was told by the Bank that they do not issue such certificates; that one must complete them oneself by visiting a web-site whose URL they provided: https://www.rd.go.th And this despite the Tax Office's documentation stating "The payer is also required to issue you with a withholding tax certificate similar to this form below: [image of form] "If the payer refused to issue a withholding certificate, the payer is subject to a criminal penalty." I have no idea whom the web-site belongs to, nor what it concerns, as it is in Thai. But it does not appear to belong to my Bank. Today, 31 March, I visited the Tax Office in town, once again accompanied by my Thai friend, with Income Tax Form + Exemptions Appendix + my bank book with the deposit account entries. They refused to accept the papers submitted saying that I am not eligible to pay tax because I am not employed in Thailand and have no business here. And they added that as a foreigner I am not entitled to claim reimbursement of Withholding Tax. Of course I have nothing in writing to prove that the forms were submitted but rejected. Nor of the grounds for rejection. Maybe I should try an online submission as there are still a few days left for that. (I have been discouraged from attempting doing it on-line by the difficulty experienced in the past when completing French Revenue Declarations on-line, as opposed to the paper version) -
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Chinese Men Caught Removing Documents from Collapsed Building in Bangkok
Glad to see this... I had seen it before , but thought I might have got it wrong. Won't the press also think it is very important and make some follow ups? Bangkok Post tomorrow?
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