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Expats seek income tax clarification from the prime minister
Moses replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
This is a general rule. But it is important to understand that if there is a double tax treaty between your country of citizenship and your country of residence, then the rules from this treaty will apply, and not the “183 day rule”, since international treaties have greater force than local legislation, if not the opposite is stated. Therefore, it is extremely important to study this particular agreement in order to avoid “surprises”. That is, you should start studying the problem with “what country am I a citizen of?” Then - “is there a double tax treaty between my country and the country where I live?” If it is not there, then you can study what the Thai government is now trying to change, and if it is, then you should only worry about what is in the treaty, provided that there is a clause that it is stronger than local legislation. Another thing you need to pay attention to: if you have real estate in Thailand as your own, or you are the owner of a Thai company, then the Thai tax department has very good reasons to consider Thailand your center of vital interests and not pay attention to how many days within 365 days in a row you actually live in Thailand. But renting a home is not a basis for applying the “center of vital interests” rule. Another mistake you make is that you count years in “tax years” and calendar years. But for residence, the calculation is carried out as “the number of days in the country in any consecutive 365 days”, unless the tax treaty provides otherwise. -
Expats seek income tax clarification from the prime minister
Moses replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
This may not work. Especially for such cases, in treaties on the avoidance of double taxation there is the concept of “center of vital interests” - the place where a person spends significant time and on which the income of this person depends. If the Thai Tax Department recognizes Thailand as your center of vital interests, then, based on the above-mentioned treaty, it may recognize you as a resident of Thailand even if you have not lived in the country for 183 days. Whether this actually happens depends on the content of the double taxation treaty, and what that treaty provides for persons with a “centre of vital interests” in Thailand, if that concept is included in the treaty. And, conversely, if the center of your vital interests is recognized as the country from which you receive your pension, then in Thailand you will not pay anything, since you will not be a resident. But there is another option: you can be recognized as a resident of both countries. Yes, this is also possible. This is especially true for US citizens, who, in order to become a US resident, need to live in the US not 183, but only 31 days during the year or 183 days within 3 years, for citizens of Israel (30 days within year), Cyprus (60 days within year), citizens of UK, who has property in UK and lives there 30 days within a year (in some cases only 16 days). Bottom line: everything, once again: EVERYTHING depends on the existence and content of an agreement between Thailand and the country of your citizenship on the avoidance of double taxation. Moreover, you will need the services of both a Thai consultant and a consultant from your country. -
Expats seek income tax clarification from the prime minister
Moses replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
183 days is precise number of days what makes person resident of country of the stay: 183 is exactly minimal number for "more than half of year" (365/2 = 182.5) -
While "boy may marry at 14", he still counts as minor at 14. Sex with minors is criminal offence. Do you see difference btw "marry" and sex?
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It is 100% my creation. My second master degree is lawyer. The only is not "my" in the post above is translation by Google. you may read my other legal post about taxes and taxation here:
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There are two legal concepts: the age of consent and the age of majority. The age of consent is usually 2-3 years lower than the age of majority. In most countries, sex between an adult and a minor is illegal, even if the partner is over the age of consent. The age of consent itself was introduced into the legal concept in order to make it possible not to prosecute minors who have sex with minors. As a rule, legal practice is such that the courts side with the accused (the eldest in the couple) if the age difference between the conditional accused and the conditional victim does not exceed 2-3 years, i.e. if the age of consent is 16, one partner is 16 (i.e. minor) and the other is 19 (i.e. adult), then the courts will reject the claims of the victim who has reached the age of consent or his parents in favor of the adult 19-year-old partner. At the same time, if the age difference is significant (for example, 10 or more years), the courts usually satisfy the claims of the younger partner or his parents. Bottom line: Fuck adults, not those who have reached the age of consent but are not yet of age. All of the above refers to legislation based on Roman law. It more or less unified the approach to this issue. In English case law there are decisions in both directions and we can say that usually the one who has the most money wins (read: who has the best lawyers).
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I will assume that in the JC any bar is for sale. The question, as always, is the offer price.
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Ferry from Bangkok direct to Koh Samui, including suites
Moses replied to macaroni21's topic in Gay Koh Samui
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https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/joe-biden-age-election-2024-8ee15246 What dems will do with an inadequate candidate? How will he participate in the debate? Is it necessary to smuggle a mummy into the Oval Office? Is it too late to replace the dying man with Michelle Obama? For those wishing to discuss Putin and Russia, I suggest opening your own topic.
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Once again: not a single court has recognized Russia’s actions in Ukraine as genocide. Even Ukrainian...
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Who cares, again? "The international LGBTQ movement" doesn't exists... Do you really want to speak about Russian law? Look at the mirror first: Every US president has promised justice. And every president since Bush Sr. knew that he had in his desk the so-called The Hague Invasion Act, which will allow him to break in and defeat the Netherlands - an ally and member of NATO - without asking permission from either Congress or the Senate, if an international court decides to prosecute an American. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act
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Every US president has promised justice. And every president since Bush Sr. knew that he had in his desk the so-called The Hague Invasion Act, which will allow him to break in and defeat the Netherlands - an ally and member of NATO - without asking permission from either Congress or the Senate, if an international court decides to prosecute an American. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act
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Who cares? All the crimes that the United States has committed over these centuries: slavery, racism, war crimes, concentration camps - all this was under this very single constitution and all your presidents laid their hand on the same bible when taking office...
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You know, your Constitution is a monument to a historical joke: when the Founding Fathers wrote it and added freedom of speech, millions of African Americans (then Africans) were working in the cotton fields Can you tell me how many years have passed since the day when the Constitution wrote about equality and the day when the last “whites only” sign was removed in the USA? and how many years passed between this day and the day when the United States first admitted an African-American woman to university?
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"Silly", I am talking about import of military equipment. All you have to know about "whole world"
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dreams, dreams... even under pressure of US there are no even half of word wishing to participate in "peace conference"... if world hate Russia, with whom Russia trades and growing GDP? you live in a country that constantly intervenes and sparks conflicts, which twice used a nuclear bomb against civilians, which had concentration camps based on ethnicity, in which racism and slavery flourished for centuries... you live in a country in which this racism and slavery was supported by the same clans that are represented in your parliament today you live in a country that already in this century passed a law authorizing the president in advance to intervene in an allied country in order to prevent international courts from bringing cases against Americans and after all this you still dare to open your mouth and reproach Russia? Russia compared to the USA - Vatican
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90000 in 270 companies means 333 persons per company. Can you imagine how much taxes should be paid by 270 companies with 90000 staff "since 2012"? And what did Thai Tax Burau all these 12 years? Flee market journalism is more simple explanation of "90000 visits".
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This is what “facts” look like from “journalists” with flea market qualifications... Only in 2023 There were almost 800,000 visits to TH from RU, more than half of them visited Phuket
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink Orwell. Have you ever wondered what it looks like: the first words to write “I don't claim to understand Russia”, and then write three paragraphs of nonsense about what is happening in Russia?
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Rest 75% will think Trump is political victim and will vote for him.
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Why? I visited TH in 2021-2023 also, main reason is - there are no direct flight btw Moscow and Saigon since COVID. I use Bangkok as stopover, also I spend week on Kwai river in floating hotel - for detox after VN :)))) + I have friends in Th, so short visits to Pattaya also were interesting. I forgot: where - here or on SGT - I have posted photos from Kwai and from "Agate"...
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As I already wrote in one of the posts here, for me Thailand has become more commercial and less interesting, and in 2019 I switched to Vietnam. If we talk about the trend, then after Covid I am seeing a sharp increase in trips to Vietnam in Siamroads, and a decrease in trips to Thailand. I predict that Siamroads will have more trips to Vietnam this year than to Thailand.
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Lawyer homes in on expat tax concerns, same sex marriage
Moses replied to reader's topic in Gay Thailand
That is wrong clarification. First of all, the case depends on the type of expat’s pension: whether it is a pension paid by the state of which the expat is a citizen or accumulated in a pension fund. State pensions assigned and paid by foreign states to their citizens, according to the convention, should not be subject to income taxes, while pensions accumulated in pension funds are, as a general rule, subject to taxation (also see paragraph 4 below). If the pension is a composite pension, in which part of the amount is a payment from the state, and part is from the pension fund, then only the part added by the pension fund may be taxed. Secondly, such taxation depends on the nationality of the expatriate: for non-Thai citizens who are residents of Thailand (residing in Thailand for more than 180 days in a year), in relation to the taxation of their income received outside Thailand and not being government pensions paid by the country of nationality of the expatriate, determining there will be a double tax treaty between Thailand and the country of which the resident expat is a citizen. If such an agreement exists, the Thai Tax Administration is required to take into account the provisions of such agreement. For example, an expat's pension in his home country is taxed at 10%, while a Thai resident's overseas income must be taxed at 30%. If there is a double taxation treaty, the Thai Tax Administration cannot impose a tax on foreign income higher than 20% (30 - 10 = 20), otherwise it would be a violation of the international treaty. If there is no agreement on the avoidance of double taxation between the state and the expat’s country of residence, then the tax department has completely free hands - any tax can be assigned. It must be remembered that a double tax treaty between the expatriate’s country of citizenship and his country of residence may contain provisions that pensions in the country of residence are not subject to taxation at all. Taking into account the fact that international treaties take precedence over local legislation, one should always begin to study this issue with the existence of such an agreement and its content in relation to pensions. -
It is correct. Almost no bookings in PH outside of Boracay at past before COVID and now. Siamroads had guides in Manila and Cebu before COVID. 3 or 4 bookings per year, in each.
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Filipinos ARE clingy. You may expect to see him in front of your door with his luggage after 3-4 sex/nights.