Retirement visa and living as retiree in Thailand

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Hi Rubik,

My Thai wife and I moved here 12years ago from the UK, and I made one condition about the family, and that was that I would take care of her daughter and her mother ( father passed on) and that is all, and it has worked out fine, not that it suited the (hangers on) family, but I didn't care and have never regretted our move, I love the place.

Good luck to you and yours when you move out here.

I'm another possible retiree. Fortunately I am in a very strong financial position (for Thailand) but its a bit more difficult long term for us in the UK. I am married to a lovely Thai lady who wants to do her masters in Chiang Mai Uni and we have a 9-year-old son. The one draw back is that he (like me) is a racing cyclist and the opportunities for him are virtually non-existant in Thailand whereas in the UK he has a lot of coaching and the sport is getting huge here. Does anyone know what happens with the tax that is/will be owed in the UK? Would I still have to cough up?