I’m not criticizing the government but free workers are free workers.

@Chrisna *********

volunteers are y going to take every job. They’re going to take jobs where they’re doing service to those less fortunate. Not cleaning houses or starting food stalls or doing tech work for free. But if there are children or others in the slums that need assistance and no one else is telling them, why not allow farangs to do it for free?

@Chrisna *********

I understand that but why require foreigners to get visa just to volunteer?

The ban or need to get a volunteer visa totally baffles me. Why would Thailand turn down free labor from happy volunteer farangs?

I think Thailand would be better off by simply adding a tax on goods and services to non Thai citizens. You show your id and if you’re Thai, you don’t pay it. Much simpler imo than the double tax idea.

It seems that many ex pats are living on $1000-2000/month which in their home countries isn’t much, so their are low. But in Thailand, that’s still 2-4x the average income and thus would put them in much higher tax brackets relatively speaking. Thus effectively forcing those ex pats to leave or significantly reduce their standards of living in Thailand causing them to reconsider other options like Vietnam.

Are there other countries taxing world wide income? What international principle currently exists?

@Jim *******

got it. Thx.

Plus at 65k thb a year, it’s 12 years to put in the 800k. So 70,000 thb the rest if your life is an exaggeration unless you intend on dying in the next 12 years. So…that’s only $24k USD for the hassle and stress of not making a payment for 12 years.

@Jim *******

9% tax free where? US treasuries with zero risk are now less than 5% pre tax.

@Jim *******

it’s seems easier to just put the 800k thb in from beginning as long as you have it available.