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Do foreigners holding a DTV in Thailand automatically become tax residents after 183 days?
Tax Residency - If a foreigner holding the DTV stays in Thailand for more than 183 days within the same year, do they automatically become a tax resident and eventually have file tax returns there?
Thanks in advance for your insights!
Thanks in advance for your insights!
Answer summary
Foreigners holding a DTV visa who stay in Thailand for more than 183 days in a calendar year do indeed become tax residents. However, their visa status does not influence this; the key factor is the duration of their stay. While tax residency typically obligates individuals to file tax returns, whether one actually must file is contingent upon individual financial circumstances, such as income sources and amounts. For example, income earned in Thailand is taxable, while foreign income may not be, depending on various factors including dual tax agreements between Thailand and the foreign individual's home country.
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Vineel ***********
DTVers / anyone for that matter, need to report foreign income remitted to Thailand if they stay in Thailand for more than 180 days in total during the tax year. Wise Transfers / Cash exchanged at the currency conversion booths shall be tracked through passport / ID and are taxable once you become a tax resident. What is unclear: Expenses paid through foreign Credit Cards.
Anonymous ******************
Credit cards are treated as loans and loans are not considered income
Robin ****
Yes
Siggi *******
No, only income generated in Thailand is taxable
Robin ****
@Siggi ******
False InformationPete *******
@Siggi ******
incorrect
Mark ********
@Siggi ******
WrongPete *******
No, automatic tax residency starts after 180 days resident in the Kingdom in a calendar year. Filing of a tax return is independent from being a tax resident. You can be tax resident and never have a filing requirement.
Sander **********
@Pete ******
exactly
J **************
Let them come and get you
Warren *********
It’s not quite that simple. Depends on a lot of things. LTR visa is exempt. When you bring in money from your country it depends where the money came from. If money comes from income in a previous year not considered income in Thailand. Talk to an expert. I’m not an expert.
Andrew *********
@Warren ********
That was the old rule they changed.Warren *********
@Andrew ********
Which rule changed? When? I did a seminar maybe 6 months ago. 🤣🤣Andrew *********
@Warren ********
It was changed from what you said to money from whenever.Marco ***********
OP@Warren ********
sure I will, thank you 🙏🏻Anonymous ******************
If you remit more than 150,000 baht in income there will be taxes. Maximum is 30%
Under 150,000 no need
Under 150,000 no need
Pete *******
Anonymous participant 965 completely false.
Elías ********
You can become a tax resident but have no taxes to pay. It depends on whether you earn money from Thailand (DTVers aren't allowed, anyways) or whether you remit money from abroad. There are other small letter clauses, such as whether the money is from savings or not, and whether it was earned this or that year. Most people on DTVs won't need to file taxes, but sure it depends on each person way of using/making money. On the top of that, depending on your home country, there might be a dual tax agreement with Thailand, that would govern the whole situation.
Anonymous ******************
@Elías *******
no taxes to pay! Are you sure? It depends on many things!Elías ********
Participante anónimo 424 I said many people won't have taxes to pay, not that everybody won't have taxes to pay. If you remit zero money, you don't have taxes to pay.
Elías ********
Not to mention they're in process of revert the amended law back to its original form, where you're tax exempted on remited funds that were earned in this or that year.
Marco ***********
OPThank you I apprecciate, so I would be tax resident, good to know.
Pete *******
Your visa status is irrelevant to Thai tax residency. Spend 180 days inside the Kingdom in a calendar year and you automatically become a Thai tax resident. Whether you have to file a tax return is separate from becoming a tax resident. Filing requirement depends on your personal circumstances.
Marco ***********
OP@Pete ******
Thank you bro, this is exaclty what I needed to confirm.Activity
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