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Using an overseas Debit Card to minimise paying tax for those of us staying over 180 days
There's a lot of information on the forums re reducing your tax liability. When the news first broke about the closing of the loophole regarding remits,I ran my numbers against TH taxable income and I was looking at 60,000baht tax pa. But keeping up with the many posts I was able to determine that as a single,aged pensioner I can claim 500,000 thb as allowable deductions so with out trying to find further loopholes my liabilty is now 3,000 thb pa. With 5 months remaining in this tax year I could reduce my remits to a level where i am tax free. Remember all earnings prior to 2024 you may have saved and remitted are not assesable. -
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elephant population on Samui.
Elephant owners are required to register DNA of their animals with - I don't know - but there is a registration n system that allegedly has over 90% of countries captive population. (I could tell you stories of real estate on Samui that would make you hair curl!) -
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Brutal assault on Canadian raises serious questions about tourist safety in Pattaya
Wow .....what a difference that makes to the story.....looks like he was being a really knob and was just pushed and fell. -
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Potential Collapse of Vital Atlantic Ocean Currents: A Looming Climate Catastrophe
And what do you suggest as a solution? I am not denier but...the reason is that to many people there is no absolute model that does the prediction correctly. There is not just one global warming model but several because no one model can handle all the beginning scenario assumptions of how a Weather Cell will recact under various conditions. For example, the differential equation that concern the amount of radiation absorbed by the Earth against the amount of same radiated back into space. May sound simple and direct but far from it. Does every part of the Earth receive the same amount of energy? Just think of Day & Night, the energy absorbed will be different. Ah, but that will average out as the Earth rotates. Nope, because some weather conditions will have changed which will then affect the amount of radiation reflected back into space. Then scientists have to decide what lattitude should be taken as a starting point/assumption. Some models start with the equatorial portions but others don't. This is only the start and there are already an increase in the number of models. (For example, the lattitude models of Budyko and Sellers start with the assumption that the temperature is is uinform/constant around a given lattitude and then double integrated to find the overall area temperature distribution. This model assumes that Earth is a perfect sphere...which in reality it is not. Earth is an oblate spheroid.) So what you end up with is an overal average estimate with error margins, which is some cases can be significant. All of this if about one item, Blackbody raditaion. And we haven't even mentioned CO2. We need CO2 to keep the surface of the Earth warm so we can surive but of course the question is now, at what concentration CO2 will make the surface too warm. CO2 doesn't come from space (although some does escape Earth through chemical reaction at high altitudes) and this is where a lot of controversy comes in. Like the raditaion models, there are several for CO2 and again many assumptions, averaging etc. Then H2O, CH4 etc with more assumptions, equations and averaging. This can be all very confusing to us laypeople who don't necessarily deny global warming but find it too complicated. Artificial satellites, specific to this problem, will give us better determinations but this, in relative terms, has only just begun. Okay, one solution would be that people give up their private mode of motorised transport (combustion) or maybe rationed to some limit of travel each week. Everbody going electric will not, at this time, solve the problem because the grid would have to produce increased output and enough of the necessary 'non-fossil fuel' energy plants would take time to be built and meet demand. But even if we did all go for EV's would that be enough? During the construction of EV's there are some waste products that are harmful to the environment and there would have to be increased mining for the materials required. More eco systems would have to be sacrificed for the Human need. And don't forget, we are a financial society...all based on money. To make large changes to our lives quickly, could mean financial collapse for those who depend our choices. Thailand for example. How long is it going to take to replace all the 'fossil fuel' aicraft with alternatives? If the current number of aircraft were to be cut by say, 10% at regular intervals I don't think TAT would be very pleased. Yes there needs to be change but it has to be gradual, maybe over years...oh wait, we don't have that long, do we. -
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Brutal assault on Canadian raises serious questions about tourist safety in Pattaya
Always a good idea after a visit to Soi 6 -
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What's the Most Surprising Thing You've Learned About Living in Thailand?
I was diagnosed with Kidney cancer. I dictated the timing of surgery to remove to fit around my schedule, total cost.... zero. -
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NFL - how's your Team going?
I just don't know what leverage Aiyuk has. He's contracted for a 5th year at $14 Million. If he sits out he doesn't acrue a season, doesn't get paid, has lots of fines and has to do his 5th year again next year. Niners can then tag him for a 6th year. -
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What's the Most Surprising Thing You've Learned About Living in Thailand?
There are +'s, i.e. if you just go with the flow. I don't know which country you came from, e.g. UK possibly, do you think back in your home country you would be better off ? It is what it is, there is no place perfect, 40,000 baht a month, I couldn't survive on that if I tried, that's not living. Maybe if you had a few more baht a month you'd be happier, just saying 🙂 -
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Nancy Pelosi About Traumatic Attack on Her Husband and Offers Advice to Kamala Harris
Ahh Pete that was a copy of trumps lie filled state of the union address that the speaker tore up. -
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Using an overseas Debit Card to minimise paying tax for those of us staying over 180 days
So, that's not true at all. Again, not true. It isn't a loophole, you simply don't understand the Thai Revenue Dept position on this. Good luck explaining how "importing" money from a debit card is different than "importing" money through a bank transfer from the same bank via WISE. Will you get "caught" by trying to avoid taxation by using a debit card? Very unlikely. But let's not misrepresent it as a loophole, It isn't. -
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Passport translation service in Ubon
Phalonrangit Road (next to Thung Sri Muang Park) https://maps.app.goo.gl/WSNScVVr227Xu891A -
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Thai Defense Minister Supports Female Boxer in Olympic Gold Medal Quest
They do not box bronze final in Olympics, so she is guaranteed bronze if she loose. Both loosing semifinalists get bronze However, in 1950 the International Boxing Association (IBA) decided to discontinue the bronze medal match as the short time interval between the semi-finals and the third-place match allowed limited time for competitors to recover Wikipedia -
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Angry Driver with Knife Threatens Another in Chiang Mai - video
2 Thai guys in the video
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