I doubt that I'd qualify - not even sure I have 10 years left in me ;-)

Thank you one and all, that's been interesting. If anyone hears of anyone getting prosecuted for not registering, shout up.

Watchful ignorance - a long term strategy of mine.

I see registration as "volunteering". As a youth, I was taught never to volunteer ;-)

@Peter *********

Indeed - Departmental Instruction No. Por , published in the Royal Gazette on October 6, 2023. This instruction clarified that, effective January 1, 2024, tax residents (those staying 180 days or more) must pay taxes on foreign-sourced income brought into Thailand, regardless of when it was earned, closing a previous loophole that exempted income remitted in a different year from when it was earned.

Clearly, I've stolen that quote.

I put the Thai authorities failure to enforce their own registration rules for the last 40 years to the xAI. This was part of the response

According to the xAI the legal requirement to register for tax purposes for all ex-Pats spending more than 180-days in the country has been in existence in Thailand since the 1980s. I've been here 20 years and only heard about this 3 weeks ago. Doesn't appear to be well advertised.

@Peter *********

you forgot comedians and not-comedians.

@Todd ********

thankyou. I tried to avoid the tax issue, figuring if nobody was being prosecuted for not registering, then it was all a bit academic.

So far, nobody has answered the question.