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How Do German Couples with Thai Work Permits Handle Taxes After Marriage?

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Sep 15, 2020

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Saskia ********

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Hi Everyone 🙂 

Any German couple here, that is 

* married 

* one Thai work permit and income 

* one German income 

? 

How did you do with taxes in Germany when getting married?

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A couple inquiring about tax implications after marriage mentioned that Germany and Thailand have a Double Taxation agreement. This means that they would only need to pay income tax in Germany on their German income and Thai Personal Income Tax (PIT) on income from Thai sources, with the option to file taxes as a couple in Thailand.

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Thailand and Germany signed Double Taxation agreement. So you will pay Income tax in Germany only from German income and pay Thai PIT only from Income from Thailand sources. In Thailand you can pay PIT as a couple.

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but even if he pays in Germany for his German income?

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two kinds of income will counted separately

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he has to pay in Germany tax from German income (from German sources), no need to show this income for taxation in Thailand.

In Thailand he has to show income From local sources only

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@Denis ********

awesome. but will he still be moved into a different tax class?

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