@Tim **********

it took 2 hours waiting in Bangkok a year ago...

And it takes 1 hour to get there and 1 hour to get back...

Are you saying that if you're up to 7 days late and you don't report but leave a country you don't owe a fine in the future?

For me the information I have seen: if you go over 90 days and have not reported you may be fined. Typically the next time you go to the immigration or do a 90-day report.

I just wish they would get rid of these altogether...

Anonymous participant I think as a foreigner you can easily live without too much cash. And 1% which is what 220 baht more or less is of thb it's probably less than the foreign fee the bank charge you for a wire transfer anyway... Using wise to transfer money you pay about 0.7% in fees...

I use Visa and MasterCard wherever it's taken if no fees are added.

Any bigger restaurants and 7-Eleven and grocery stores will take it.

Maybe I need 20,000 Thai baht in cash in a month.

Sure it's more convenient to pay rent automatically from a thai bank account as well as maybe electricity bills?

Official looking stamp is important in Asia. Lol

MyCaptain Chaz make a statement on company letterhead and stamp it... Lol

Phrase it as remote work position.

Maybe that works?

Did you train Mui Tai?

Who knows maybe the immigration ask for a demonstration :-D

Anonymous participant 674 it's funny... I never blocked anyone on Facebook before joining Thai expat groups. Lol

@John *********

I'm not confused. I'm saying that probably you too actually cannot read and clearly understand the DTA. Have you actually tried to read it? People have so many ideas about what it is...

The "talking to a professional" it's pretty useless in this case because they cannot really tell you much. In process if you engage one of them you'll be spending an awful lot of money for nothing in the end. In practice people are ignoring the whole problem because it's not a problem yet...

Meanwhile "the professionals" are basically scaremongers...

@John *********

you know the dta's are basically impossible to read even if you're used to legalee writing. I don't know if it's very old or outdated language but the Swedish one both in English and in Swedish is basically unreadable.

And you would have to look at every piece of income because something that is tax free in your country might be taxed here and vice versa.

I really be a tax clarifications for moving money in here is basically meant to catch Thai people investing abroad and bringing it back including the profits. At first they wanted to tax the profit, and now they are happy if the money is just brought back, I'm just saying the same year. But it gets more complicated the more you look into it.

Just such a question bringing some money into Thailand what if I bring in money I earned long time ago but the income of interest which has been taxed stays in the account abroad. Which money are you bringing in? :-D

If you're 50 plus why don't you just look into retirement?

Several options. Non-OA money in your home country Bank., but you need to buy insurance.

Or apply for non-o and 90 day visa for retirement event you arrive in Thailand you open bank account and transfer money and after 2 months you can apply for a one-year extension for retirement reason.

A lot of people do this by themselves.

I'm not sure how either of these will affect any rights money or supplement income or the government money you're currently getting. That is a complicated issue regarding Australia. For example for retirement money from Australia things may matter, but you're not there yet.