What are the taxation rules for foreigners residing in Thailand, particularly in relation to tax residency?

@Da ***

It is up to you to provide this to tax office, it is also your duty to keep administration.

I don't know Thai tax rules and what happens when you file incomplete information, or when they think it is incorrect.

In a lot of countries the tax office has the right to estimate your income, in case you do not provide enough info.

@Toni ******

As a Thai tax resident it is your task to provide them with correct info.

When you don't do that, it might be difficult for them to get the information, but when they afterwards find out you provided wrong information, you might be fined.

@Lincoln *********

yes, they are all remitted to Thailand

@Lina *********

DTV does not make you tax resident in Thailand. Only when you want to stay over 180 days in a year, not something most digital nomads do.

Leaving your home country does not in all cases mean you are no longer tax resident there, in some countrys you explicitly have to deregister as tax resident.

@Lina *********

you automatically become Thai tax resident after residing 180 days or more in a tax year inside the Kingdom. That does not mean you have to file taxes it just means you are subject to Thai tax law.

how do they conclude the remittance in was income from 2023 vs. 2024? I am skeptical of this being enforced well if at all in the near term really.

@Lina *********

Thai employment is independent of tax residency. Probably a hard reading is you're a resident for tax purposes if there > 180d

@Dennis ***********

Nobody says you should stay over 180 days a year in Thailand with a DTV, that is your choice.

There is a reason a single stay is only 180 days. DTV is not meant to live in Thailand.

@Charles *********

When all other taxpayers use your argument they already spend their income to the economy, nobody would have to pay tax anymore.

That looks great at first sight, but who will pay for the infrastructure?

You have benefits from that just like any other taxpayer.

It sounds reasonable you pay tax in a country where you live most of the time.

@Charles *********

Not sure why you’d say it’s a joke. Hardly any country where you become a tax resident if spending more than 180 days gives you voting rights. Thailand provides you with the benefit of an easy 5-year visa, an excellent low-cost infrastructure (cheap internet, good roads, very safe, VAT only 7% etc.), so you also benefit from the conditions here to derive your income from your remote work - it’s just fair that you’d also pay a portion of your income as tax here then so the state can maintain the current level or improve. Paying taxes here also allows you to make use of tax deductions (e.g. investment in Thai ESG funds, donations etc.), so you are treated just as any other tax payer here

@Stef ****

once you automatically become Thai tax resident it means you are subject to Thai tax law. The requirement to pay Income tax will be dependent on your personal financial circumstances. You may or may not have a tax liability.

@Stef ****

oui ça ne change rien d'avoir un compte ou pas en Thaïlande tu seras résident thai fiscalement. Par contre en retirant à l Atm aucune chance qu'ils t imposent là dessus. Néanmoins il y a un gros soucis avec la convention entre la France et la thailande. Lors de la réunion à l'allliance française sur ce sujet. La convention en français dit bien qu'on a pas. a payé d'impôts sur de l'argent gagné en France grâce à la non double imposition. Or la version anglaise ne dit pas ça.. et quand l'émissaire français a posé la question, l'envoyé Thai a dit que c'est dû à une mauvaise traduction de l'anglais vers le Français.. Sauf que la convention a été signée en thai et en français ! il n'y a pas de version anglaise ! or la Thailande compte se baser sur la version anglaise et nous serons imposés sur de l'argent qui a déjà été imposé en France 😭