@Marty ********

The OP is talking about pensions. NZ pensions are not taxable in Thailand so getting the LTR is a total waste of money!

Best to enter Thailand on a 60-day free entry stamp, and apply for non-O visa at an immigration office.

As far as tax is concerned. Any NZ pensions are not taxable in Thailand so nothing to worry about

@David ********

Yep. Old man, but you win the Grumpy, self-entitled, bad-tempered, "I'm the best" award. Go back through the thread and see who started throwing out the insults. I tried to give you advice but instead of accepting that advice and keeping it under your belt, you started throwing out the sarcasm. Work your ass off? Sitting in an internet cafe leeching the free WiFi because you've no money to buy your own, unable to invest in property because banks won't loan money to people who spend their days playing on their computers because they have zero employment history, and then attacking the generation which did really work hard, invest hard and party hard. Not jealous at all huh? And continually posting about tax residency, looking for the answer you want instead of accepting what actually is. Grow up little man, and you might get ahead in a real man's world 😂😂

@David ********

I will treat younger people working hard with respect, but not twats who sit in internet cafes playing on their computers all day without a thought to investing in their future the way the boomers did. Perhaps you need to grow up.

@David ********

Wow! You are bitter aren't you? You're that good you can't get a well-paying job in Sydney, and worrying yourself sick about tax residency that you've made a dozen different posts in the last week. One of my daughters is buying her own place in Sydney. She's a lawyer. Obviously making more money than you even though you're in the Top 10%! I guess I make more than you just from my passive investments, and I just sit on my ass these days. Maybe if you stopped playing with your computer and got a real job you'd be better off. A bank won't even touch you for a loan. Us granddads have the wealth - that's why we have girlfriends here ten years younger than you 😂😂😂

@David ********

A few more than five now! Added one in the UK and one in Germany after I scored German citizenship. Perhaps if you stayed in Australia and worked your arse off like I did you might achieve something, instead of sitting in SE Asia playing on your computer worrying yourself stupid about tax residency.

@David ********

I'm not complaining! Works for me. I grabbed the opportunities and they paid off

@David ********

Yep, the good old Boomers! The best generation in history. Was already paying off three houses by the time I was 28, after the first boom, sold one paid off the other two, and bought two more. By 35 I had five houses, three paid off. Bought shares for $1.50 when building societies became banks. Within two years each $1.50 share was worth $40 - and I bought thousands! Telstra was next, then BHP before the merger with Billiton. Wonderful times. Did 20 in the military, and went out with an 80% pension for life! The Golden Era! We'll never see it again, but I can live life exactly as I please, and one day my daughters will pick up a bonanza!

@David ********

Yep. 23 years of experience doesn't go astray! Investment property portfolio and substantial sharemarket portfolio. I've got a drawer full of tax rulings! Next year I'll be on DTV so more fun in store!

@David ********

It's not strange. Is it the truth? If you're going to be away in one location for a period of time you might lose Australian Tax Residency, and with it you lose the tax-free threshold, so every dollar you make in Australia will be taxed at 32c. However, from the answers given it appears the calculator can't give a correct answer, so you need to get a ruling. It's not that difficult