Last year, after staying in the Kingdom for 7 months on visa exemptions, went to the tax office with my gf and got a TIN (and paid taxes on the start of 2025). They looked at me weird - first farang that they have seen that wanted to do that but they didn't object. I was in and out in 30 minutes tops.
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