@Andy ***********

Yep thats the one. So the DTV where you can only stay for 6 months? What are the tax benefits of the DTV? Golddust now. I could continue to rattle them off but I think this guy does it better

@Andy ***********

Well played - any reason you didn't go for the superior LTV? Not being a smartarse, just asking

@Andy ***********

If you're here on a budget or poncing off the mrs you might be right. Still lets catch up next year or when you go to get your extension, making falangs pay tax is going to be a walk in the park if they tie it to extensions ...Sleep well

@Andy ***********

I'm not frightened, I know whats happening and can afford to cough up if it pans out as mooted, whereas those who hope it's just going to go away.....

@Andy ***********

Cool, but I would be sleeping with one eye open. 🙏

@Andy ***********

It's not for you to determine that. Any money coming in will have to be declared whether you think it attracts tax or not. It's going to be interesting times, with a lot of tears before bedtime

@Andy *********

'if you dont report yourself to the taxman' sounds like advice to me but fair enough if that wasn't your intention. Of course deportation would be dramatic, but it's always an option, depending I imagine with level of offending, ie one off mistake or clear evasion, and of course as in any country once you're on that radar most authorities don't stop there. Not paying it on time, sure small fine. dodging the taxman for 12,13,14 years probably not a fine right? As for the scale of the operation, a recent Thailand migration report stated there were 150,707 expats in Thailand of which 72,969 were retirees, personally I don't think thats too far a stretch to take on district by district, with the added bonus of flushing out the illegals. Or of course they only have to tie it to visa extensions and wait for the 150,707 to come to them.

@David *******

I agree completely, as sure as eggs are eggs the agent route will get shut down sooner or later. Thailand are always mentioning wanting a 'better class' of higher spending expats, shutting down the agent route, which is essentially people who largely cannot afford to live here, will acheive that. Someone will notice that soon imo

@Andy ***********

Yep here we go, whenever someone on here gets out of their depth, they fall back to 'troll'! 😂

@Andy ***********

What are you talking about, he advised hiding from the taxman, who mentioned hiding from a DTA?