Will I be taxed on my UK state pension and the 800,000 baht if I live permanently in Thailand?

For first extension, there is no option other than the 0 deposit, seasoned in bank as the UK embassy does not provide the income certification.

May be possible to switch to income after a full year of international bank transfer to the Thai account, but it's risky as a missed month, or late transfer can unravel the whole arrangement. Much safer to stick with the deposit and not touch it.

Bull Shit too many scroungers in Thailand they blame the boat people back home they are worse than the boat people.george(Swansea Jack).

Best advice I can give you is to go and see ms Fon and Nan, they will take away all your headaches, even when my retirement Visa expired and my new passport hadn't arrived

No

The answer is no and no

The same year the 800k goes in do not stay a full year. If they say mai pen rai. Then definately leave for 6 months. 🤣

No to both questions

If you spend more than 6 months in Thailand, you’ll pay approximately £600 to £700 per annum on your UK state pension in Thailand.

Your biggest problem is, your State pension will be frozen IF you tell DWP. I did and receive less than 50% of what I should get IF there was a UK Government with any sense of fair play.

Well if you spend 180 days in Thailand and bring in the pension, then you will be required to furnish a tax return, there are quite excemptions that ate available to you so my guess would be little to no tax to pay. Further the UK has a DTA with Thailand so if you pay tax back in the old country, you will pay nothing here. How you show that you have already paid tax in UK sorry I have no idea, but maybe someone on this site knows the answer.

Look the Thai government only tax9% of their own people don’t fret over it. I have brought in 10 million baht for the last 13 months from England and pay my personal tax in England. To many accountants saying you need to do a return just to rip you off of your money

Why do people who don’t understand the uk DTA arrangement feel the need to comment.John stammer is correct with his advise .The best advise is to retire here after July so the 800k is not taxed

I keep seeing the DTA being mentioned but it doesn't apply to your case...It's only for those lucky enough to have a proper government pension or military pension.not state OAP

Bring the 800k in a year where you re not longer than 179days in Thailand. Or prove that this money was owned before 2024

Interest on your 800k wil suffer a small amount of thai tax - auto deducted by bank. You can claim it back if its worth the hassle.

You can avoid thai tax form filling by spending less than 183 days in Thailand per Thai tax year.

I find it hard to believe that the state pension is your only income, do you not have savings or investments that pay you interest and or dividends, or other means of supporting yourself?

The full state pension is £12,548 or thereabouts, it counts as assessable income if you bring it into Thailand so that is currently 560k baht per annum. That means that for any year you spend 180 days or more inside Thailand, which makes you a Thai tax resident, you must complete a Thai tax return. Whether or not you will then pay tax in Thailand will depend on the Thai tax allowances you can claim against your income on that money. The same applies to the 800k you bring in but if you time it so you are not tax resident in the year you bring it in there will be no tax other than the withholding tax applied by thai banks on any interest you receive.

In theory your 800k could be taxed if you are in country 180+ days so tax resident in the year you bring it over unless you can prove you had the savings pre 2024. In practise it doesn't happen, uk pension may qualify as assessable income when you remit it to Thailand you'll have to study the DTA but again in practice possibly not. There are different allowances depending on the individual which add up & Thai tax bands start at 5% so don't worry too much. Unless you're actually earning money in Thailand the revenue office is generally not interested

No

Research this subject carefully

Thailand has a dual tax agreement with over 60 countries

My only advice is that

A Thai tax ID , if you want to obtain one , it’s 100% FREE

Many people will try and charge you exorbitant amounts to help you get one !!

Immigration an explain to you

Where & how to get a Thai Tax ID

If you are bringing in large amounts of $$ from your home country , have a business in home country , you may or may not be eligible for additional tax

General retirees with pensions - you will be fine