Since TAX and DTV keep coming up and we keep seeing headlines that thai authorities want to get stricter with enforcing the tax

.....Are there any countries currently which successfully enforce tax on money brought into their country (and how do they do it?)?

....Will the thai tax authorities go straight to Thai banks (if you have one) and request they share information on how much money is being brought in?

....With people without a thai bank it seem almost impossible for them to enforce tax on remittance income

....I'm probably gonna go back to working in thailand because I don't suddenly want to be lumped with a 200,000 k baht tax bill etc...

Hi, do you know if we got reported when exchanging a certain amount of money in the bank exchange counter ?

I recently was married to my Thai fiance. Today I was told by my Kasikorn bank that I can't add my wife to my Thai account with a retirement Visa. I'm not sure if that means I will have to update my retirement Visa to a marriage visa 🤔

Can i open a bank account in thailand without visa??or i need visa first??

Really? I mean will it be unlocked so quickly? 😅

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Has anyone got their money back from Bangkok bank?? They refuse to give me my money it’s been 3 months

Anyone on DTV been able to open a bank account in Phuket?

Thanks

Has any DTV visa holder experienced a bank account freeze/close at Bangkok Bank?

If yes, please let me know the experience of you already went to bank to unfreeze the account.

Just saw a interesting post., not sure how much truth is in this article. [members only]/

Hi, looking for advice on a possible plan I have

Myself and my wife are moving to Thailand in March for a few years, both over 50, British and no intention of working

We have the money to put the 800k each in bank accounts, I believe we need 2 separate accounts

Now when we arrive in March we will have about a week where we are setting before 2 weeks travel away for the area (long booked and can't really change)

The issue is opening bank accounts and getting the money in early enough, plan is to arrive on 90 day "Non O on basis of retirement )

As we will be hotels for the first 3 weeks this sounds a bit tight

We visit for a holiday, staying in a rented villa, in November for 15 nights

Would it be possible to get a 90 day Non O for that trip and sort our bank accounts out? we could then transfer the money with plenty of time to spare

Not sure if that would be an issue to get another 90 day non O 5 months later? Also I cant get the 800k each in you UK accounts until month end so they won;t have been there for the 3 months prior to applying in the UK, the will have been well over 65k thb a month deposited in each account for a long period though

If possible what paperwork do I need from accommodation and anything else to help with bank accounts or is it easier just to use an agent for the accounts? not sure what they currently charge for this

If we leave it all until we arrive in March I assume I can't do anything when we arrive in March and this would leave us with only 2 month to deposit and season the funs

Any advice/suggestions greatly appreciated, thanks