What are the tax implications for Australian retirees on a Non-O visa living in Thailand for over 180 days?

Don’t pay any

No pension

Living on savings

I do my tax in Oz on the ATO portal

Every year zero

Except last year paid $39

For countries with tax treaties that do not assess your government pension remittances, you might be fine not filing your taxes. If you’re drawing your income from other sources that include investment gains, dividends, and interest and if you are remitting that money into Thailand bank accounts it may be assessable coming from income sources after 2024.

Although I have no assessable income because my sources have been government pension and income pre-2024 I won’t need to pay any tax. Nonetheless, I will file a tax return with a bunch of zeros just to be on the absolute safe side. There are penalties for not filing if you are a tax resident.  It’s unlikely that they’re gonna track you down and penalize you but I try to keep my risk as low as possible. The tax return documents are pretty simple and there are English guidelines. They make it easy to do it online and submit it.

I’m not an accountant so if anybody has additional information or wants to contradict my opinion, please do so. I’m still learning.

Confusing area would be that your state pension would use up your tax free allowance but private pension would be taxed .So is any money transferred here from the private or state pension?

Aussie here. Australia and Thailand have a treaty that means you will not be double taxed. Once you are in Thailand for 181 consecutive days you're a resident for tax purposes. This means that any money you bring into Thailand attracts a 17% tax rate. It's important that you use a tax consultant who will be able to show that you have either already paid tax in Australia or that you're tax exempt in Australia.

The easiest and most responsible advice!

GO see a TAX Preparer!

And not a Foreigner Attorney practicing Law in Thailand!

You become a thai tax resident if you spend more than 180 days in thailand in a calendar year......do u need to pay tax? The answers is at revenue office สำนักงานสรรพากร ......you visit one that is near you and request for a tax ID after which you sit down with the assessment officer with your tax returns (home) and your thai bank statements of incoming funds from overseas...the officer will determine whether u need to pay tax or not due to double tax avoidance hope this helps

Anyone spending more than 180 days in a calendar year in Thailand is "deemed" a tax resident. However (and it's a BIG however) there are so many permutations as to whether you will pay tax in Thailand. Firstly, only ASSESSABLE INCOME is potentially taxable. Depending on the source of the income will depend if the money you transfer is assessable. Then there are the DTA treaties. The Australian DTA makes many pension payments non-assessable, and the big one, article 4, which can (depending on individual circumstances), make Australian Tax Residency the priority over Thai Tax Residency, which means Australia is the only jurisdiction in which you pay tax. That's where I am.

You automatically become a Thai tax resident if you spend 180 days or more in a calendar year inside Thailand for that year. It's not something you can opt into or out of