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Accident Search Ends for Remaining Missing Victims in Collapsed Auditor-General’s Office
I think it is even more horrible in the days and weeks to come if they find more. I am confused. Even with body fragments they should have found 100 heads or left feet or something that tells them they found all of the 100 prior to stopping their search Seems half-hearted in searching if not really trying to find all of them. -
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Transport Thai Airways Q1 Profits Soar by 306% as Exit from Rehabilitation Nears
Ah, the paint was peeling off of the aircraft. Which indicates they been out for a long time. Most airlines fly their unsued aircraft to a dry environment for long term storage. Quantas sent serverl of their unsed jumbos to Victiorville CA for long term storage. I got to BKK several times a year and have seen these aircarft parked in the same area near the Thai Airways hangars since 2023. So I guess that is 5 minutes?? -
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Introduction to Personal Income Tax in Thailand
In Malaysia the Govt has recently reiterated that they will not tax the money of Retired Expats brought into their countries in most situations. One of those is that they will not impose any taxation obligations on money that has been subjected to the taxation system of the country of origin, if that country has a DTA with their country. https://officialmm2h.com/foreign-sourced-income-tax-exemption/ Other countries in the Region have similar exemptions and allowances on the foreign money of retired/married Expats living in their country - usually implemented as part of their processes in moving to a global taxation system (which Thailand has not yet done). May I suggest that literal interpretations of the current TRD Tax Laws and related DTAs are at best 'uncertain' at this time. That is because they have not be 'tested' in Thai Tax Court since the rule change in 2024, and the DTAs and TRD Laws/Rules were not written for Expats who are retired/married and who are not working or earning money in Thailand. The only change to the tax situation on Jan1 2024 was that money earned overseas by a Thai tax resident is no longer tax exempt if it is brought into Thailand after 12 months. The change was not targeted at Expat's pensions and other retirement funds or situations, and TRD clearly did not realise the sh**storm the change would create. I will also point out that since that change was made, and the incomplete unsatisfactory TRD answers provided under the previous TRD Management, that the Thai Govt changed - from the PM down including the Minister responsible for the TRD. Since then they have not said a word about 'the problem', and I remind you of the normal behaviour of Thais when they might 'lose face'. What they have said since the change of Govt, is that they are 'very busy' developing a global taxation system and that will involve extremely difficult and convoluted changes to Thai Taxation Laws and Rules, and then is when they will provide full details and clarity to both Thais and Expats. If you have been in Thailand a long time, then you know even the simple easy things take a long time to change here and they involve a lot of work. I am of the opinion that the reason TRD has not clarified in detail all the issues raised by Expats and Lawyers and Others due the the rule change, is because that would take a lot of work and changes to the Laws/Rules that are not worth the trouble - especially given they are moving towards a global based taxation system. IMO until the changes are made to the Thai taxation system for the implementation of global taxation, retired/married Expats not earning money in Thailand are not who the TRD wants to go into the local Provincial Offices - and the local Provinces dont want them too. I will also point out that there is a Taxation Law in Thailand that clearly states that any Expat who is a Tax Resident and who is leaving Thailand must present a Tax Certificate before leaving. That is not enforced - but when the non-enforcement decision was made, it was clearly too much trouble to change the Laws. Unlike in the West where all determinations and decisions are ratified in the applicable Laws and Rules, in Thailand they dont go through the nightmare that such a change requires (including approval by the King). I state that because there are Laws in Thailand, and then there is whether Thailand Authorities enforce those Laws or not, and how they both interpret and enforce them at the Provincial levels. PIT is a Provincial issue. -
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Thailands number 1 forum improves by leaps and bounds since Thaiger takeover.
I am curious why you post this and whose butt you are trying to kiss? Why not a single complaint from you or asking if there is anything people do not like as well as like. Completely biassed for sure. If you want to make forum asking about something/anything then you should want both ends of the field. Not just Ohhh, it is so good. What more can we add to make it better. Everything in life and in this forum has good and bad in it. Perhaps some suggestions about what makes you frustrated when opening the site or other problems would also make it better if voiced and acknowledged. -
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Crime Pattaya Authorities Launch “Operation Coconut Ghosts” to Crack Down on Foreign Prostitution
Very kind of you. I have to say that I rather enjoy being edified. -
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