And make sure you have a couple of thousand over and above the 800k, just to cover any charges the bank may levy, wouldnt be good to drop to 0 in the five qualifying months.

As Greg says except you dont have to visit immigration to get a weblink. Just find the official gov web site, she registers account, registers property, uploads copy of blue book and ID, and then registers your stay. Save and print the tm30 pdf.

Go the DLT centre, turn around and drive back out, you are bound to find a clinic that has been set up by some entrepeneur doctor just for this service close by.

@Peter ********

this webinar and others in the same series appear to be quite unbiased

@Peter ********

yes, but i also bring in taxed income from the UK which to be honest i never declared as it was from previous year and already taxed and under my Thai allowance. The DTA on UK pensions doesnt look great if your living off state pension alone, as there is no/minimul uk tax paid. Private pensions usually are taxed at source (you need a certificate from uk.gov site to claim dta credit in Thailand), and Government employee pensions can only be taxed in UK is my understanding. But if your purely living day to day of UK state pension alone the tax situation hasnt changed in years, this change has just got people thinking about it.

@Peter ********

absolutly not, i've just taken time to understand what the change is by going to the source documents.

@Peter ********

because you tell them in your tax return (if you do one). But if they want to check the detail, or are doing an audit, they have access of all your worldwide bank transactions (from countries signed up to the international treaty). They also have access to all credit card transactions worlwide from countries under a seperate agreement.

@Peter ********

it is upto individuals to find out by reading the RD document and your countries DTA. Understand the liability on the funds you have already brought in and will bring in this year if you were to file a tax return. Consider the allowances you can get and the incremental tax rates and tax credits/exclusions under the DTA. But that is all stuff that should have been done when you moved here, and you would be a postion to understand the impact of them closing the loophole. If you work it out and you think you will owe tax, review what your bringing in, if your left with a growing amount in your bank account every month, think about reducing it.

@Alan *****

they have proposed and implemented, don't expect any further communication from the government. 99% of your tax obligation remains as it has always been, the only change is that you cant claim tax credit because you remitted income in a different year to it being earned. Its upto individuals to read the tax rules and their countries DTA with Thailand to understand their situation. The change just brings Thailand more in line with other countries who also operate 180 day rule and are remitence based.

@Pascal *******

no, I believe Steven meant the first one is done by the house master via that link. Its registering an account and the property, you just fill in the details and upload blue book and ID. When thats done you log in and report anyone staying there.(thsts probably the 2nd link)