Is it easy to pay taxes for money transferred to a Thai bank account?

@Luit ****************

My point exactly. I pay taxes in another country, why on earth would I WANT to pay more taxes in Thailand? What is wrong with people desperate to pay taxes? 😂😂

@Steve *******

Some people might find it fair to pay taxes where they live.

Paying taxes in a home country where you don't live anymore feels unfair, you pay money for infrastructure you don't use, and don't pay for what you actually use.

Paying a fair share of what you use sounds more logical

@Luit ****************

Since when do people get the choice of where they pay taxes? I own five investment properties in Australia on which I pay tax in Australia. You think I should also pay tax in Thailand for Australian Properties? I pay rent to a landlord in Thailand, and he probably pays taxes on what I pay him. I rent cars in Thailand and pay money to a car rental companies who pay tax on what I pay them. I buy food in Thailand from supermarkets who pay tax on the profit they make from what I pay them. I'm not sure what kind of a messed-up world you live in where people are desperate to pay more tax than they have to, but I'm not part of that world! 😂😂😂

@Steve *******

Why should you pay tax in Australia while you actually live in Thailand?

@Luit ****************

Oh man! You have so much to learn about taxation. You really believe it's that simple? 😂

@Steve *******

that is no answer to my question, it is your choice you pay tax in Australia and not in Thailand

@Luit ****************

No it's not my choice to pay tax in Australia. I am an Australian Tax Resident so there's no choice. You have so much to learn. Perhaps do some research before making inane comments

@Steve *******

When you actually live in Thailand and still are tax resident in Australia that is your choice. I don't say if it is a good or bad choice, but it is up to you.

And I know from your postings you are an extremely selfish person, but you could try to behave and not speaking disparagingly about other people.

That only lets you look worse.

@Luit ****************

From my point of view it is a great choice. My investments in Australia generate tens of thousands of dollars each year. Why would I want to give those up? For a country that gives me an annual permission to stay stamp, where I have to check-in every 90 days and where I have to tell the authorities every time I change address for a day? I don't care how I "look", I set up my life to beneficial to me, not to anyone else 😂

@Steve *******

You have a good point in mentioning the "duties" of a foreigner.

It is quite stupid I have to tell every day where I am. When I are with my Thai girlfriend in Netherlands, she just can go where she wants, without any reportig, freely through the whole Schengen area.

And I can understand you choose to pay tax where it is the best for you, but that does not mean it is fair.

On the other hand, a lot of Thai also don't pay taxes, that is one of the reasons for taxing money to get into the country.

@Luit ****************

What is "fair" for one person is not necessarily "fair" for another. Is it fair that foreigners are charged 400 Baht to enter a national park whereas Thai people pay 50 baht? It doesn't bother me, but it's hardly "fair" when you're expecting foreigners to pay tax twice on their earnings. Is it "fair" that top tennis players and formula 1 drivers are residents of places such as Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Monaco in order to pay minimal tax? Forget about seeking a "fair" world, you won't find it

@Steve *******

Good examples of things not fair in Thailand, the Grand Palace in Bangkok is even worse, 500 baht for foreigners, free for Thai.

The discussion about people having very high income is a difficult one.

Most countries have high percentages on high incomes,

That causes people to get to other countries with more reasonable taxes.

That people with high incomes pay more tax is fair in my opinion, but the percentages should not be higher, that is just Robin Hood policy.

@Kool ******

How do you calculate the 17%?

And for normal products foreigners do not pay more than Thai, Thai also pay VAT, so why shouldn't foreigners pay taxes like Thai pay taxes on their income?

And it is normal that tourists also pay taxes, a lot of countries have even a special tax for tourists.

@Luit ****************

rejoice in your idealism. Thailand doesn't really care. You seem to think Thailand needs money, without realizing Thailand is the second largest economy in South East Asia, and very profitable.

Anonymous participant never forget, on a DTV you are just a tourist, no matter how long you stay in the country. On everything you buy there is tax, and VAT, that pays for all the services you use. Your idealism is commendable, but you are missing a lot of what you actually pay for what you use, at about 17% of what you actually spend daily.

Anonymous participant My home country offers great tax-breaks for me, being a property and stockmarket investor, which would not be available to me in Thailand so it makes sense for me to remain a tax resident there. You apparently don't understand what Double Tax Agreements are all about. They are international treaties designed to stop people paying more tax than they are legally obliged to do. My country over many years has contributed millions of dollars of taxpayers money to Thailand in foreign aid, so I doubt very much I owe Thailand anything. Like yourself, I'm also only a "temporary visitor" in Thailand, so I don't see that contributing to long-term objectives will be of any value to me.