Its a major clusterfuck! Cash in the bank is not accepted as proof of wealth but if you invest in thai stocks that don't have a performance record or reputable fund manager, you're in!! They seriously expect you to drag funds away from the Nasdaq (trackers running around 30%+ at the moment and put it into thai run companies! Or of course a 'passive income' of 80k US which must be shown on a tax return. Rich retirees don't have tax returns because they're retired!!! Garbage scheme, dreamt up by not very intelligent office clerks

@John *******

Playing devils advocate so would you. However console yourself with the top 1% of earners pay 24% of all personal income tax. If you were one of them, would you think thats fair? Envy is a corrosive aspect in any economy trying to grow. Don't envy, aspire!

@John *******

Fair play to you, but if you were getting stopped £500 a month in 1981, you should now be lounging around on a sizeable yacht!

@John *******

Again, the money you paid in paid for the pensioners THEN, it is the current workforce that is paying for your pension, not you. The people calling you a scrounger makes no sense at all so can't comment.

@Jeroen *********

I would bet less than 5% of expats would qualify

@Robert ***

Agree, the vast majority of expats live here on a budget of about 45 baht a year so have feck all to worry about!!

@John *******

Really? Held in a holding cell, with crap food and banned from working so you cannot get any money whilst listening to Daily Mail readers telling you you're a scrounger and to get a job? Don't believe everything Farage tells you

@Will ***********

Appeared in the Royal Gazette last November

@Todd ********

I'm a big fan of Sri Lanka, some of the best diving in the world but live there full time? nah. Most of it makes Thailand look like Monaco!

I doubt if theres a single person in this thread who is aware of the tax allowances you can claim yet the amount of pant wetting is hilarious!