@Ben ************

What stinks?

What I read in the story he just waited a long time in the row, heard a lot of different stories, indicating a lot of foreigners totally have no idea about rules and procedures, and just went away without even trying to extend.

@Pete ******

Do you have that seen written somewhere official? It is a visa for a specified purpose of stay.

@Siggi ******

Completely wrong, you also pay tax on money you bring into Thailand, no matter where you earned the money.

At the moment only money brought in that you earned before 2024 is not taxable. The new proposed law will also make money brought in in the year you earned it or the year after that tax free.

If your home country has a DTA and you pay tax in your home country, it depends on the DTA if you have to pay tax or not.

In most cases when there is a DTA effectively you pay the highest of tax in your home country and Thailand.

And when your home country has no DTA with Thailand you just might end paying double tax, in both countries.

@Jef *******

I do not pay tax in Thailand, I use DTV how it was meant in the first place, I just stay less 180 days a year in Thailand.

You don't pay tax on DTV, you pay (probably) tax when you stay at least 180 days in a calendar year, so even in case you manage to stay 180 days on visa exempt you are tax resident.

@Jef *******

It is not up to you to decide when you have to pay tax, you can complain about the rules, but they are as they are made by Thai government.

If you don't like Thai tax rules, don't stay there longer than 180 days a year.

I even wonder why you want to be there anyway, you complain about tax, you complain about integration, you complain about work permits, why are you in Thailand at the first place?

Anonieme deelnemer 443 For now it is not sure you don't have to pay income tax for bringing in money earnt in years after 25, the new law is not yet valid.

Apart from that you mostly also have to pay in the country where the money is earnt in case that is not your home country.

Anonieme deelnemer 443 when you give up foreign tax residency, you will have to pay tax in Thailand when you are tax resident in Thailand

@Jef *******

tax paying has nothing to do at all with bank accounts and visa.

Didn't your 3 months bank statements not show your name and balance each month? Why did you give up at the moment they accepted your documents?

@Bom ********

For ages people had no electronic payment methods, and now people start complaining to live without Thai bank account is annoying. Funny. All the big shops accept foreign bankcards, an in the smaller shops normally you don't pay large amounts. Get 2 times a month cash from ATM with your foreign card and you are done.