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Does working online in Thailand trigger personal income tax for expats?

Piergianni ******
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Hi, anyone knows if working online in Thailand triggers personal income tax? Anyone has any experience or knowledge about it?
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Working online in Thailand can trigger personal income tax obligations. If you stay in Thailand for 180 days or more within a calendar year, you become a tax resident and are subject to Thai tax laws. You must consider any assessable income brought into Thailand during that time. If this income exceeds 60,000 baht, you need a Tax ID, and over 120,000 baht requires filing a tax return. If you’ve paid taxes abroad on this income and a dual tax agreement exists, you may claim a credit against your Thai tax.
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John **********
John **********
It's pretty straightforward really. You can work remotely from Thailand without any issue on a DTV. However if you spend 180 days or more inside Thailand in any calendar year then you become a Thai tax resident in that year. You then have to look at any income you bring into Thailand in that year, if that is more than 60k baht then you have to get a TIN (Tax number), more than 120k baht you have to file a tax return. If you've paid tax on that money elsewhere AND where you paid that tax has a dual tax agreement with Thailand then you can claim a credit against Thai tax for tax already paid on the income you bring in
Arpan ******
Arpan ******
@John *********
Hello John

I haven't been in Thailand for long

Even I have a similar situation.

I was just thinking that since we are teaching online to students who are outside Thailand so isn't that similar to exporting services and bringing in foreign currency which is actually beneficial for Thai economic.

Just like we don't need to pay taxes for exporting products because that's what any economy would want.

So isn't export of service treated the same way.... 🤔
John **********
John **********
@Arpan *****
you're not exporting anything, you're providing services remotely. But that's neither here nor there from a Thai tax perspective. Thailand has a remittance based system so if you remit (bring in) income to Thailand then it is assessable for Thai tax
Marianna ********
Marianna ********
I am also confused about this because I was on Non B and a tax resident here. Then I swapped to DTV , and my previous employer said that if I don't move more then 200K a year to my Thai account I am good, but I would also need to check with some expert if I want to move some of my online company based in HK what's the matter with the tax. I filled this year tax return but I don't know what to do during the rest of the year as it restart.
Pete *******
Pete *******
After 180 days in the Kingdom within a calendar year you become subject to Thai tax law. You will have a Thai tax liability only if you have assessable income. Whether you will actually pay any tax depends on your personal situation.
Amar *********
Amar *********
@Pete ******
do every one have to report income after 180 days? How does it work in practice?
Greg ********
Greg ********
@Amar ********
No you do not report income every 180 days. Your tax return is completed in the following tax year. If you were tax resident and had assessable income in 2925 you woukd submit your tax return by March 31st 2026. The only time you would have any contact with the revenue office this year if you were newly tax resident would be to request a TIN but thst coukd also be done early 2026.
John **********
John **********
@Amar ********
no. You file a tax return by 31st March in the year following for the previous year if you were a Thai tax resident
Pete *******
Pete *******
@Amar ********
suggest you do some reading on Thai tax law and pay attention to the terminology. Only “assessable” income is subject to personal income tax. Everyone with “assessable” income above minimum thresholds is required to file a tax return.

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