@David ***************

google what? the law from 2023? the changes in 2024? or perhaps the new regulations from July 2025?

If you are not a legal tax advisor, your ability to understand the law does not exist. You might try to decipher it, but you are doing it wrong. You can also try to determine your own illness by googling your symptoms, good luck with that.

@Michael ******

Should I stay over 180 days in Thailand or better not?

My situation:

1. I have a DTV and I am coming close to the 180 days threshold in Thailand since January 1st.

2. I pay taxes in my home country and we do have a tax treaty with Thailand.

3. I don't want to deal with filling any forms and deal witb tax coordination.

4. I don't want to have a TIN (tax ID) I Thailand in any case.

My question:

since the tax rules for foreigners in Thailand are not clear, would it be wise to simply avoid staying in Thailand for 180 days (or more) in 2025

Or is it not an issue and I will not need to deal with tax coordination and issuing a TIN?

@Elías *******

no need to get offended. Enforcing tax rules is very easy if you live in the country.

In any case the question at hand is not how to break the rules and how to avoid enforcememt. The question is what are the rules and how to plan accordingly.

You can play games the law as much as you want, that is your choice, but that is not the topic here.

Many people here chose your path by playing games with the banking systems, thinking nothing will happen and now they crying at the doorsptes of their bank branch asking back their frozen funds.

@Pete ******

I am not a lawyer or a licensed tax advisor. I very much doubt that you are.

Telling me that there is a law registered somewhere is meaningless as I don't have the knowledge or the experty to decipher a Thai law.

My question was very simple and straightforward. You don't have to comment just to see your name appearing while contributing nothing to the discussion.

@Pete ******

Can you elaborate?

Anonymous participant 782

It's a very easy thing to enforce, if you appear to be staying in Thailand for 180 days or more, they will simply not going to let you leave without filling the right forms and pay your taxes.