On 11/23/2025 at 2:53 PM, Will B Good said:

I imagine the devil is in the detail......but these, taken at face value, might cause some upset? The last one could be interesting.....I doubt there are many foreign teachers on 50k.

 

 

By 31 December 2025, every foreign resident who has stayed more than 180 days in a year must file a new Residency Compliance Report through the e-Visa portal. The report will link their presence in Thailand to records at the Revenue Department.

 

Under the revised Personal Income Tax Act, any foreigner who spends 180 days or more in Thailand in a calendar year is treated as a tax resident. That person can now be taxed at rates up to 35 per cent on worldwide income that is brought into Thailand.

 

Any foreign income transferred into Thailand after 1 January 2026 can be taxed, no matter when it was earned, as long as it falls within the new rules.

 

From now on, most expats must rely on private health insurance.

 

Rules on foreign pensions and social benefits have tightened as well. Money from overseas retirement funds must be declared as taxable income when remitted, adding to the burden on retirees who had counted on low living costs.

 

Under the new rules, every work permit must be linked to an employer who pays a minimum salary of 50,000 baht per month, up from 30,000. 

"The last one could be interesting.....I doubt there are many foreign teachers on 50k."

 

If you look at the "teachers wanted" ads on a popular teachers website today you will find many jobs advertised at under 50K/month.

Some as high as 150K some as low as 30K.

 

I doubt they are looking to target teachers or schools.

1 hour ago, ChaiyaTH said:

What are you talking about, there is no new treaty at all. There also never was a issue for pensions and their taxes. This new 'change' is just enforcing what existed since 1976. In fact these new creepy EU rules more direct towards you being taxed at all times, no matter if you move.

 

They are going to roll out the same with a pilot in France where anyone who migrates still remains taxable at home for 10 years! Happy I am already far longer abroad than that, not planning any tax again in my life. Dividends and trust remains anyway tax free and that's how i build my pension.

 

Guess in the near future there will be a lot less digital nomads and people doing what people did so far. Best case they still come while being taxed.

Sorry to read that you are so badly informed..but it is not to me to educate you here in.

On 11/28/2025 at 10:43 AM, Will B Good said:

If you are Thai tax‑resident, the State Pension is treated as foreign income. It is taxable in Thailand only if remitted in the same year.

Looks like AI is referring to the pre-2024 rules, State Pensions received after 1/1/24 would be considered Assessable Income if remitted to Thailand.