i arrived in hanoi a few days back and need some advice regarding my tax situation before I apply for the DTV. I stayed in thailand for 2+ years on ED visa and started working remotely as freelancer in early 2025. My tax residence during that time was in thailand and not in my home country because i stayed over 183 days in thailand. I don't have any residence in my home country anymore so i'm not obligated to pay tax there. The thing is I never applied for a TIN in thailand because it just wasn't possible in this constellation. How to request a TIN if you technically are not even allwed to work? I can provide old tax filings a few years back if thats requested, but its not even closely related to my freelancing work that i'm doing now as I had a normal 9-5 job back then. So what should I do? Should I now try to get a TIN here somehow retrospectively by contacting a tax lawyer etc? Besides that I have all requirements for the DTV (500k for 3 months, portfolio, client invoices, client contract, bank statements, etc). I don't want to apply for soft power because i actually need to WORK and don't have time for muay thai or cooking. Would appreciate any help.

If you are a uk citizen and become tax resident in Thailand .If you do the righ

If you are a uk citizen and become tax resident in Thailand .If you do the right thing and register with the Thai tax officials .Will the DWP get informed so your uk pension is frozen

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Hi - DTV and TAX

I have had a look and couldn't find anything specific on this.. Re DTV - I have a DTV now, but will generally zip back every 5 months to avoid doing the 180 day renewal and need to for medical checkups. (I do the 90 when needed..)

So, if I'm here 5 months, home two months, back 5 months.... then home to UK... so how does this tax issue work.

The premise of DTV was that we are remote working, which I do, for my UK company and another UK company... part of the reason I go back is also to go into the London office. The DTV, I thought, was all about DTV people not hitting Thai tax and being a burden on their tax office.

yet, I am a bit confused as to how I might be caught into paying any Thai tax...

How would they figure it out? We're not allowed Thai bank accounts, no QR apps, everything I pay is via my UK debit card or cash that I bring out with me. I pay the rent via direct bank transfer from UK.

any thoughts?

Hi, can someone recommend a Thai tax advisor? I'm planning on moving from the US to Thailand and need to understand the tax implications. Thank you.

Has anyone else had a problem getting insurance or anything because of this new fatca financial law.something having to do with preventing tax fraud

KBank sent there new T&C through some 30 pages, however, asked a AI chat to find a summary, part of which was interesting.

Banks and financial institutions are required to report to the Revenue Department if a customer’s accounts have 3,000 or more deposit/transfer transactions in a year, or 400 or more transactions totaling 2 million baht or more, to ensure tax compliance.

Large cash transactions (e.g., 2 million baht or more) must be reported to the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO).

Hello everyone,

I’m a freelance programmer, and I work with a platform called xolo.io to issue invoices. My agreement with them is a partnership agreement.

I’m in Hanoi, trying to get a DTV, and the embassy keeps asking for an official certified business registration of my company.

I don’t have a registered company; I’m a freelancer, like someone working on Fiverr.

I sent them my agreement with xolo and two contracts with clients, but it seems they got confused and think the client contract represents my company.

I’m not sure what to do. Has anyone experienced a similar situation?

Today i talked to an agent to open a Thai bank account but he want my US social security number to open a Thai bank account. Is that the rules to open a bank account?

Hi there,

I am planning to move to Bangkok Thailand and open a BOI certified Software company.

I am currently looking for an accountant office which is affordable and able to handle all necessary accounting and paper work for BOI.

My company will be quite small with just 3-4 employees and just a few transactions per month.

I have the feeling, that many accountant offices are overpriced. Does anyone have a recommendation in Bangkok?

Thanks

Hello everyone. Can anyone recommend a good Thai accountant who speaks English?

Thank you