@Jen *******

if the landlord has already set up the account for the abode, he can share the account name and password for you to update your stays. No blue book and id is required for stay updates, just your info.

@Jim *******

sorry, my misunderstanding, but you should have said 'pensions paid in Australia' then not 'pensions paid in another country' ....

@Jim *******

not strictly true, it depends on the dta for that country, they can be different for private and state pensions, and different for state and government pensions. For instance the UK only ring fences government pensions, state and private if remitted are assessable, but can be offset against tax already paid.

@Sue *********

i live in a house in my wifes name, but i took responsibilty for setting up the tm30 registration etc on her behalf. I say a permanent tm30 as both the checkout date and other end date are left blank. As long as a hotel or lodging fills those in on their tm30 when you stay they would expire and the permanent one from your home address should be the active one. If the hotel didnt enter a checkout date this becomes your new active record and would be a problem.

I quite reguraly stay in hotels around Thailand that i know record the TM30 details, so probably 3 different temporary tm30's per reporting period. I have never had to update my tm30 for my house and have not any problems with the online 90 day reporting, as on the authorisation date my permanent tm30 reflects my 90 day notification. I was a bit worried on the last report as i ended up filing my 90 day on the same day that i would check into a hotel later. But the day after checkout i recieved my approval no problem.

@Gregor *********

yes, and the tax free allowance can vary depending on age, but the requirement to file a tax return for foreigner and Thai is 120k assesable income if tax resident or 220k if your married not based on the allowance figure.

@Gregor *********

its going to work exactly how it worked for the last 20-30 years. You work out if you have remitted more than 120k baht that can be treated as assessable, if you did you are suppossed to file a tax return, you need to request tax declarations from your and home country (where the money came from) to prove taxes were paid and/or it was earnt prior to /2023 (used to be tax year). And refering to your countries DTA enter the relevant remittence. If you've already paid tax its unlikely this will result in any tax owed as the progresive tax rates in Thailand usually equate to less than tax already paid after you have used tax paid as credit and the various allowances you can claim. The change last year is basically a change to the box on the tax form.

@Rick ********

agree in the majority of cases, and its doubtful that will change much. But it doen't mean that you don't already owe back taxes from preceeding years on money you remited historically. Its like a lot of things here, its not a priorority for them, and this recent change wasn't aimed at making it one.

@Bob ********

its not new, just what can excluded, and when you flee to another country they will probably have the 180 day rule as well.

@Rick ********

the government already did back in November last year. Its now upto individuals to educate themselves on how it impacts them. That can only be done by reading the government tax guidlines and your counties dta, or paying an expert to do it for you. Dont expect anymore communication from the government on the change. Being a tax resident after 180 days has been in place for at least 30 years looking at the dta dates of uk and usa.