I use CyberGhost VPN and they have specific VPN sites for different services to monitor when it starts getting blocked and update it - I use with PeacockTV but check it out

@John *********

no you are avoiding the question, as an example = if you spend $50 via credit card purchase at Big C, is that considered “income”? What about a cash withdrawal? Do you really have all the answers?

@Paul ******

just be aware and alert to all possibilities, safest bet = transfer the $ in a year (if you can) when you stay less than 180 days. If you want to go down the rabbit hole of proving the money came from “savings” funds prior to 2024 (or was covered by a dual tax agreement) it feels a lot more complicated than the easy way, but always at your own risk, you know the best choice for your situation …

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

I think the bigger question is what counts as income for tax assessable income In Thailand under the new rules. It used to be easy, no work permit, no job, no income, no tax. But now they seem to be looking at money flows, so what counts as income? : only transfers into a Thai bank account (including social security payments)?, cash withdrawal from foreign bank account savings debit card?, cash withdrawal from foreign credit card Visa cash advance?, credit card purchases (like groceries from Big C, or dinner at a restaurant, etc) - nobody has the answers yet. How do you show you paid tax on any money when “for example “ USA taxpayers can have automatic and requested extensions until at least 5 months after a Thai tax return would need to be filed at the end of March (I have no knowledge of Thai tax filing extensions to accommodate for this but obviously will require $$ and Thai accountants to help with the filing).

If you have the answers, please inform us.

@Angelo **********

better safe than sorry especially if you can control the timing.

Just be sure to send the money in a year when you stay less than 180 days if you can, to avoid any potential taxes given the evolving situation here.

CyberGhost is a good cheap VPN works in Thailand but as noted some things don’t work with VPN on like ChatGPT

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

my 800k (+a few k) earned a whopping 2,400b interest last year so a savings account should be safe from that. But TIT and you never know lol, and I keep an extra 20k just to be safe and don’t use the account. Gives me the idea to set up an alert if there is ever any transaction (or over 1k baht for example).

@John ************

of course, but cash movement isn’t checked as long you pay monthly tax on salary declared, and you can run a retained earnings loss but I’m not a Thai accountant so don’t follow this as advice!

@Henning *********

I could be wrong here, but they don’t actually check how much is sent to the employee bank account they just have to declare and pay taxes on that salary level. When I owned a company here, that’s how it worked for me, taxes (and accounting fee lol) each month but I only actually sent myself money when it was convenient.