Is the concern about visa issues in Thailand justified or just scaremongering?

I think Thailand would be better off by simply adding a tax on goods and services to non Thai citizens. You show your id and if you’re Thai, you don’t pay it. Much simpler imo than the double tax idea.

It seems that many ex pats are living on $1000-2000/month which in their home countries isn’t much, so their are low. But in Thailand, that’s still 2-4x the average income and thus would put them in much higher tax brackets relatively speaking. Thus effectively forcing those ex pats to leave or significantly reduce their standards of living in Thailand causing them to reconsider other options like Vietnam.

Are there other countries taxing world wide income? What international principle currently exists?

Thailand has a DTA with many countries .. so if I come taxed in one country … it cannot me taxed in Thailand again !!!

Just don't stay in Thailand for more than 179 days and none of this bs will affect you.

Hey, what's the catch?

Free healthcare and we'll treat you like Thai people when you visit tourist attractions, and in a few years, you can apply for permanent residency? Or is it just another way to collect money from foreigners?

Most western countries do have a double tax treaty with Thailand anyways which the article is not even mentioning.

I will say this much, my thai wife and I were planning on moving to Thailand next February and have since changed our minds

This past weekend we met up with another couple who was going to move next year as well and they also changed minds

Between this and the DTV visa and all the abusers we are seeing this is going to end up with people that actually have money ,not going or leaving and the the younger gen's on DTV's with no money savings wise or pensions to keep money coming in , not spending like the retired

Most DTV holders are scraping by in their countries and making the move basically to survive and have fun .

Most online careers don't last 20-30 years and alot will be replaced by AI , then what ? Broke , stuck in Thailand with no money and no future income to support them in life... this is going to come crashing down on the Thai government in years to come .

It's basically just like years ago when there weren't many rules and lots of people moved there and became Thailand's medical headache and homeless as thet ran out of money , history repeating itself

This was purely about the hotel and rental owners complaining the market was down ...short term fix ... expats were and are the long time solutions for the most part

I've suspected the DTV would lead to a formal taxation for anyone coming in as a Digital Nomad

Won’t happen unless a resident

Scaremongering again sir lol 😆