The Thai Embassy Website of your homecountry has exact checklists for your options.

@กะลาสี ****

In TL you have to make the first move, so you have to go to your revenue office and ask for tax ID, and next year you will have to go to the revenue office again and ask for the tax filing forms. The revenue office will not inform you personally or send any letters. TIT

@กะลาสี ****

Well this is easily answered:

1.: Yes, as a tax resident in TL you need to have a tax ID if you live here

2.: Yes you will have to file tax forms in TL to prove everything.

@Jack ***************

don‘t you have a Thai bank account?

Well I believe there are not so many foreigners and population there as in Phuket, Pattaya etc. 😉

I just wonder who on earth spread the rumour of implementing the change on June 1???

@John *******

first: I don‘t know how much a state pension in UK is in sum. As you live more than 180 days in Thailand you wouldn‘t be taxed in UK anyway no matter how much your pension is. Your pension might be below threshold in UK but if you transfer it to Thailand its probably high enough (above 150‘000 thb) to be taxed.

You can‘t stay here in Thailand anyway if you haven‘t either 800‘000 deposit or a monthly income (pension) of 65‘000 thb.

well then all those official experts at the revenue department are wrong?

@Phil *****

Where did you get this information? I got a completely different answer. Of course retirees who stay here for over 180 days and have income from overseas like pensions, they haven‘t payed tax yet on them and tranfering to Thailand have to pay tax.

Does these 4 days mean that it will be announced in the Gazette on 1st of June?