Its not that difficult to comply with the law. If you want to claim those allowances, you have to actually submit the tax return. The local tax office has English speaking staff and are very helpful. We both had a tax refund so that was nice :-)

@Richard ******************

So the driving licence has to be done before the bank? OK. Rewsidence cert on order...Sigh. But thanks for the info.

Urgh. We have to do it soon too. What documents did they want from you?

And ignore all the rude losers on here. It takes a lot to reach out when you aren't feeling yourself.

This strange feeling of motion when there isn't any is weird. Sometimes when I am sat in a car at traffic lights, it feels like the car is rolling backwards. If you got car sickness as a kid, its likely all linked. I suffered from strange vertigo for a while too, every time I stood up, I would almost fall over, like the world was rocking on a boat. So I know totally how you feel. Some are more sensitive to it than others. But it will pass. Walking is actually excellent for it, that side to side movement as you walk is very calming. Also try the sound bath relaxation sessions - there is a good mixed sound bath at Chiang Mai Holistic that I find useful. Good luck, hope you feel better soon.

@Kenny ****

not exactly. The photographer would still need a signed model release to use a person's image commercially. At least in a country where the law was properly followed.

I'll have to do some accurate numbers now we have some more info, but my back of an envelope figure came out at almost 30% of funds transferred having to be paid in taxes for our situation. I see a spreadsheet coming!

@Frederick ********

I'm not sure how that's going to work out. We may have to submit our numbers as an estimate and revise the following tax return if needed?

@John *******

Exactly. I don't understand why so many people think it won't apply to them.

@Andy ***********

so you just plan to ignore/break the rule and hope not to get caught? That's a bit of a risk.