Is there a tax requirement for DTV visa holders regarding funds in Thai accounts?

@Paul ******

not a wise choice as I expect a crackdown on this in future. Same as crackdown similar to the Ed Visa and Volunteer Visas charade of recent years.

@Robin ********

Embassy have no say in who a country allows in or not.

@Greg *******

but they can prevent you from beeing scammed. Lot of criminal energy within the Immigration department. Not sure if they or the police earn more bribes.

@Robin ********

If the guy owes taxes he is not being scammed. This is not a dispute over a taxi fare. As for earning the Immigration and Police work hand in hand in some locations very closely :-) :-)

@Greg *******

how can you be so sure? Due to the missing facts and the fact that they stop you from leaving not entering the country.

I personally know an immigration officer and his BMW - M version is not paid rom his salary 😉

@Robin ********

You can leave the country owing taxes. You suit by 31st March. Yiu get a bill after that. There is nothing stopping people from leaving. Many actually do. Many leave without closing their Ltd companies and this owing taxes and more

@Greg *******

well, if you're sure. I would always be carefull when dealing with corrupted agencys in Thailand like the police or immigration. Embassys are the only thing they scare, especially the US one.

@Robin ********

You have a lot of faith in the power of foreign embassies power inside another sovereign nation.

@Greg *******

I know quite a few cases, where embassy helpeld people in those cases. Some friend even evaded punishment at all, when he crashed his motorbike drunk into a car in front of a police station. Just by threatening that he will not accept any fine or leagal punishment without talking to his embassy first. The reason is that embassys can make gouverment agencies public, which will hurts tourism.

Here is an example of their integrety 2

@Paul ******

I guess so. My income is all foreign earned and I could possibly just stay over 183 days with no heat from the tax authorities, but just to play safe (and legal) I just avoid being there more than 183 days.

@Miguel ************

You won't have any issues.

I think there is a gross misunderstanding of what's going on with whoever posted this.

Thailand does not have the ability to chase after individuals who don't work in Thailand and haven't paid any taxes.

The ruling is new and may backfire anyway.

If there were any enforcement, it wouldn't be until 2026, but they'll probably backpeddle once they notice an exodus of foreigners.

Already quite a few foreigners have left Thailand over this, even though there is probably no need to panic.

Moreover, imagine how frustrating it would be for immigration to tally up the days spent in country by someone like me, who enters Thailand 10-15 times a year? I don't see it happening.