Anonymous participant 557 I this a few days away is the best option. UK has visa exempt entry to Vietnam and flights are cheap. Been twice myself already this year and will be doing same or more next year. Interesting the Embassy mentioned checking again in the future. With Thailand it is impossible to predict what will happen. The DTV was the baby of the Foreign Minister and PM in the last government.
They do but as I said my boss was based in Singapore - they had first dibs on his tax. He then paid tax on earnings over whatever limit it was 120k or whatever.
Were you US tax resident though and just working temporarily overseas? What happens if you are a US Citizen but tax resident in Singapore? I remember my boss paid Singapore taxes and then owed some to the USA as well which I am sure the company covered.
To be honest I would not even worry about it for now. Wait and see what happens with the 95+% of Retirement Visa holders who have never submitted a tax return but are meant to next year. Your tax submission would be end March 2026 - plenty time to think about it later unless you are remitting 100's of 1000's USd into Thailand in 2025
It is not the first time he has posted this misinformation. He seems convinced if you leave Thailand the days counting towards tax residency are reset to zero. If that was the case everyone woukd be doing border hops around 6 months and nobody is paying any tax. FFF
In simple terms a child could understand. Leave and re-enter with DTV it resets to 180 days. 90 day reporting. Leave the country and count starts again from when you enter. Thai Tax Residency DOES NOT reset in the calendar year if you leave and Re-enter. It is cumulative amount of days in a calendar year. It is simple. A child can understand this. It seems some people find this concept rather difficult.
