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Hi,

I'd appreciate if anyone could advise of the benefits or disadvantages to owning a condo under my company or holding it personally?

I'm looking at buying a condo in the Thong Lor area and would appreciate some suggestion in the best protocol for owning .

Thank you in advance,

RC

Posted
Hi,

I'd appreciate if anyone could advise of the benefits or disadvantages to owning a condo under my company or holding it personally?

I'm looking at buying a condo in the Thong Lor area and would appreciate some suggestion in the best protocol for owning .

Thank you in advance,

RC

Buy it in your own name if you are possibly able. Unless your company is able to get tax advantages from it.

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when I bought my first condo, I bought it under my company cause I needed a mortgage (I didnt have all cash to pay for the whole price)....the bank lent funds to my company and I guaranteed it personally.....so I guess the advantages of a company are that you might be able to get a local housing loan (depending on your personal credit rating/capacity) but it costs about B15,000 or so per year to maintain the company.....in the future I might transfer the title to my own name or just keep the company structure for future purchases of a townhouse or house when I get older and want a backyard with trees and/or a frontyard with a water view (hope-hope) :o

for my second condo, I had the cash so I just put it under my own name... :D

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If you buy the condo within the 49% allowable for foreigners you can buy in your own name or in the name of an offshore company( BVI, HK) this also qualifies as a "foreign person". Then inheritance and transfers and tax is easier if you have kids/wife who may inherit without an actual change/transfer of the title.

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Note that if you plan to live in the condo, and it is a company asset, you will have to pay rent on it to the company. Either that, or you will have to declare an amount equal to a reasonable rent as a "housing allowance" from the company, and pay tax on it as if it was part of your salary.

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There is no tax calculation if it is an offshore company. It does not do business in Thailand, no business registration. It is exactly like a person owning something. If it were a HK company, for instance, there is no tax in HK as it is not doing business in HK. If it were a Thai company, you are probably correct. The tax I was referring to above was on sale or death.

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