Tax Certificate

[whatawonderfulday]

I have searched this forum but did not find the answer I was looking for, so would appreciate some help. I have been working here in Thailand for a couple of years and hence my employer sorts my WP etc etc. Naturally monthly I get a wage slip from them detailing insurance and taxes paid.

However I have never received a year end tax certificate detailing my total yearly contributions etc that I would normally have been given in my home country.

As I now need to produce such a certifcate could some one please advise as to whether the Thai authorities issue these certificates annually or is an annual one issued by the employer ? Also what is the certificate called i.e. an "abc 123" etc. and whom should I ask ?

Assistance would be appreciated.

[TerryLH]

After the end of the calendar year my employer gives me a form showing the salary and all deductions. The form is not standard, but each employers form contains the same info.

With that form in hand, I fill out Revenue Department Form 91 and file my taxes myself. I get a yellow and white receipt showing how much taxes I paid. This is what I show immigration each year for proof of taxes paid. Taxes are due before the end of March each year.

There would be no reason the employer couldn't pay the taxes for the employee, but the employees name and individual tax number should be used on Form 91.

You should have a small card with your name and 10 digit tax number on it. If you don't have an individual personal tax number, I don't know how you'd prove to immigration that you paid taxes.

[KamnanT]

There is no official "statement of tax withholding" issued to employees in Thailand. Your payslip normally includes year-to-date totals and your final payslip for the year thus includes the numbers you wil use when you fill out your P.N.D. 90 ("long form" tax return) or P.N.D. 91 ("short form" tax return for those having income from employment only). When you take your completed tax return to the local tax office, you will receive a cash-register tape style receipt showing the amount of additional income tax paid or "0.00" if you didn't need to pay any additional tax or were due a refund. In the latter case, you'll be mailed a cheque from the Revenue Department in April or May.

I keep a photocopy of my tax return with the original receipt stapled to it. This has always sufficed when I have been asked to prove payment of income tax. It is also possible to file online, although I've never tried it. I don't know what form the receipt takes if you file online.

[camerata]

It is also possible to file online, although I've never tried it. I don't know what form the receipt takes if you file online.

My HR department filed my tax return online for me last year and the "receipt" is an A4 page that you print yourself. Frankly, I'd prefer to have the little yellow receipt from the tax office.

[whatawonderfulday]

I have searched this forum but did not find the answer I was looking for, so would appreciate some help. I have been working here in Thailand for a couple of years and hence my employer sorts my WP etc etc. Naturally monthly I get a wage slip from them detailing insurance and taxes paid.

However I have never received a year end tax certificate detailing my total yearly contributions etc that I would normally have been given in my home country.

As I now need to produce such a certifcate could some one please advise as to whether the Thai authorities issue these certificates annually or is an annual one issued by the employer ? Also what is the certificate called i.e. an "abc 123" etc. and whom should I ask ?

Assistance would be appreciated.

Many thanks for your replies,

[junkofdavid2]

There is no official "statement of tax withholding" issued to employees in Thailand. Your payslip normally includes year-to-date totals and your final payslip for the year thus includes the numbers you wil use when you fill out your P.N.D. 90 ("long form" tax return) or P.N.D. 91 ("short form" tax return for those having income from employment only). When you take your completed tax return to the local tax office, you will receive a cash-register tape style receipt showing the amount of additional income tax paid or "0.00" if you didn't need to pay any additional tax or were due a refund. In the latter case, you'll be mailed a cheque from the Revenue Department in April or May.

I keep a photocopy of my tax return with the original receipt stapled to it. This has always sufficed when I have been asked to prove payment of income tax. It is also possible to file online, although I've never tried it. I don't know what form the receipt takes if you file online.

Correct! Just keep a copy of your PND 90 or 91 and its receipt after filing/payment. Note that by law, YOU are supposed to file that at the end of the year and its your obligation to keep it in file. It's not technically your employer's job, although they may do it as a service to their employees.

However, if your employer doesn't do it for you and it is not filed, that doesn't "wash your hands" from your failed obligation to file it.

Make sure you clarify with all your past (and future) employers on whether it was (or will be) filed by them or not, and that you have your own copy; actually, the original copy should be with you because it's a personal document and not a company document. It's like letting your employer keep your personal house's land title... why would anyone do that?

Hope it helps.

Cheers!

[opalhort]

There is no official "statement of tax withholding" issued to employees in Thailand.

The form (see attachment) may not be official (a booklet of this form can be purchased at any stationary shop) but is required to be submitted together with the tax returns (Form 90 or 91).

There is an original and three copies, two of which (copies) have to be given to the employee (or the person who files the returns in case the employer takes care of filing).

The person filing the returns will submit one copy and retain the other for reference.

opalhort