@Florian *********

nah, you gotta be tax resident somewhere. Banking problems will eventually bite you if you’re not. The

Trick is to be smart about it. Avoiding tax residency never works out long term 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Paul **********

🤦‍♂️

@Paul **********

you couldn’t deduct that?

- 94 isn’t “majority of countries”

- Many do not have 60 days

- 60 days is likely to change to 30 soon

- Some tourists visas allows up to 9 months stay if planned right

- An actual visa is subject to less scrutiny at the border than a visa exemption.

But sure, for a stay of under 2 months with no notable entry history, no need to get a visa.

But there (obviously) many good reasons to get an actual visa over a visa exemption.

@Paul **********

there are 195 countries on this planet.

@Stephen *******

correct, Tony confusing visa exemption (no visa) with tourist visa.

@Jay ******

sure. Just make sure you’re tax resident somewhere to avoid banking troubles.

Tax rules in Thailand aren’t very complicated at all though

@Maarten ********

Coz that dog will likely come bite you in the ass later....Most of us pay net zero tax due to DTA's and tax credit. But you're still supposed to file, then deduct tax credits (tax paid in source country) depending on DTA's. Makes banking much smoother, and future safer having paperwork in order.

Thailand is no different that other countries. Its your own responsibility. Crying that nobody told you when your account gets frozen wont help in the future.

@จอห์นนี่ ******

Very bad advice lol

@Yo***

not how it works here, not how it works in your home country. Always your own responsibility to understand what’s expected

@Pete ******

exactly this! I walked into Khlong Toei area 2 revenue office. Dressed formally (as you always should with thai offices). Copies of my paperwork, pre filled LP.10.1 form, bank statements showing the assessable remitted funds and explained that i need tax ID and why. 15 min later I walk out with tax ID.

You tell them politely what you need and why. They won’t argue if you come prepared.

Sometimes I wonder how people survived in their home country 🤷🏻‍♂️

My net tax is still going to be zero. But why risk not having papers in order. Bank problems, future problems in Thailand when not being able to document stuff. Just bizarre people aren’t taking it seriously. The rules are well documented, DTAs downloadable on the web. Pdf guides in English available for foreigners on thai RDA website