@Rok *******

what will that do as at that point you will already have become Thai tax resident?

@Rok *******

silly statement, Thai tax law determines liability.

@Kool ******

the process of claiming tax credit through a DTA is well known. If your tax credit doesn’t cover your Thai tax liability you will be paying additional Thai tax. A basic rate UK tax payer pays 20%, Thailand has tiered rates up to 35%. Its follows that a Thai tax liability can occur on foreign sourced remitted income that has already been taxed in the source country.

Anonymous participant you can work remotely as long as you don’t work for a Thai business or have any Thai customers. The company, customers and payments must all be outside of Thailand.

@Harry *******

complete nonsense.

Anonymous participant Thailand does not tax worldwide income. Working remotely on a DTV is NOT earning Thai sourced income. On many DTV visas you will see printed “Employment Prohibited “. You are not allowed to earn Thai sourced income with a DTV.

@Kool ******

utter rubbish. Once you become tax resident regardless of the visa you are on then if you remit foreign sourced assessable income it may attract a Thai tax liability.

Anonymous participant under current tax law even if remitted in future years if you are tax resident your remitted assessable income is taxable

Thailand doesn’t tax worldwide income. Thailand has a remittance based system. Once you become tax resident any foreign sourced assessable income remitted into Thailand may attract a Thai tax liability.

My question would be how do you intend to live for 5 years in Thailand without remitting funds?

@Paul ******

you obviously are not up to speed on how Thailand operates. Banks no longer open accounts for people on tourist visas due to increased AML/KYC checks driven by a change in law making the banks responsible for any fraudulent activity. Going to a different branch or different bank is not going to make any difference whatsoever.