I am Italian too. If you are looking to pay lower taxes, you can’t just stay over 180 days in Thailand because this will NOT block your Italian taxation. In this case, you will be paying double taxation from both Italy and Thailand, which is not what you want.

You need to change your tax residence through AIRE first, demonstrating that you have “the center of relationships and affections” in the country where you are moving to, including a rented home or condo.

You will lose free healthcare in Italy too, so you will need an international insurance if you still care about Italian hospitality.

After that, note that your plan getting a DTV is fine, however:

1) it’s still a tourist visa. Stronger than the METV or SETV of course, but still in future it will most likely face a crackdown like the ED. It’s a good choice for now, but I really don’t know for the future.

2) Extending a DTV over 6 months is not a good idea. There’s a small percent of people who actually extend it because basically they’ll require a lot of documents exactly like a brand new DTV application. It’s easier to do a border bounce rather than extending this kind of visa.

My only real advice is to speak to an International tax advisor to see the agreements between Thailand and Italy to avoid double taxation and see what’s the best strategy for you. But remember, it’s NOT that easy to stop paying taxes especially in a country like Italy just by moving to a new country. Italy will tax you “globally” on every income if you don’t have a good strategy to actually change your tax residency.

For my business, I have an LLC by the way :)

@David *****

I am not studying from Thailand, I study in my own country I am just here on holiday before university starts again

@Brandon ***********

thank you very much, I am a bit worried because for the first time in my life I wanted to go to Malaysia for 8 days and then come back for 2 weeks in Thailand before my university starts again. That’s why I was thinking about a METV to be safer. In any case, I have a exit ticket to Italy, proof of funds, and accommodation booked. I am just worried for the trip in Malaysia that can be seen as a border run. I have never done a border run before so it would be my first time considering my holiday is longer than expected this year