Paul Arkes Now that is the first good reason I've heard for registering

The notion of dementia (my mother suffered from it) scares the shite out of me.

If you stay more than 180 days in Thailand you automatically qualify as a tax resident. However, you do not need to register unless/ until you remit into the country an "assessable sum". Then you have 60 days to register and must submit a tax return before the following April. No "assessable sum" equals no need to register. That is the current law. What qualifies as an “assessable sum” is determined by many factors, not least the Double Tax Agreement between Thailand and your country.

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Steve Gavin l have

Steve Gavin Not true. The UK State pension is an 'assessable sum" for the purposes of Thai taxes.

If you stay more than 180 days in Thailand you automatically qualify as a tax resident. However, you do not need to register unless/ until you remit into the country an "assessable sum". Then you have 60 days to register and must submit a tax return before the following April. No "assessable sum" equals no need to register. That is the current law. What qualifies as an “assessable sum” is determined by many factors, not least the Double Tax Agreement between Thailand and your country.

UK State pension is taxable in Thailand.

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All that said, the law as it stands is not actively enforced. Hardly enforceable. The tax people need to know who is in Thailand, how long they have been here and what monies they bring in. As neither the Immigration Dept. nor the Banks provide that information, they can only rely on you volunteering it. That may change, but there's little sign of it yet.

Adam Chadwick l have 3, my wife owns two of them :-)

Been with Bangkok Bank 10 years. Never had a problem. Maybe l am not suspicious enough?

Depends which bank you are transferring to, what day it is and the time of your transfer. Been using Wise for a decade. The money has always arrived.

Anonymous participant 334 not being cute, but an assessable sum is a sum of money that would be assessable by Thai tax authorities. Following changes at the beginning of 2024 there are no loopholes regarding when the money was originally acquired. Before January 2024 sums earned in a previous year were not considered assessable. That has gone, so the DTA is the only thing that currently determines assessability. For example, a British 'Government' pension is not assessable, but the UK State pension is. I have no idea what the US/Thai DTA saysbut it should be available online.