@Roberto ********

Those undertaking cooking classes can still be tax resident. Whether or not that results in having to pay tax is an entirely different matter.

@Roberto ********

The dta defines taxable income and location of the taxability.

But I’ll gladly get educated. Which dta and which article?

@Eamonn ******

Yeah. Sort for assistance in hyjacking the topic. 🤭

@Roberto ********

Then you have misread. The Thai tax code doesn’t care whether you are tourist or pregnant woman or illegal alien or whatever.

When you are 180 days or more within a calendar year in Thailand, you are tax resident. Period.

My generic, non-personal comment:

I honestly don’t understand the fear of becoming tax resident.

Most expats are protected by DTAs , deductibles and offsets of foreign paid tax.

Should you get a tax liability because you have 2 mln baht income then what’s wrong with donating some of that to the country where you live when the average income is only 200,000 baht?

Are we really all that self-centered egoistic pricks?

Before people start swearing at me and insulting me, which seems to be fashionable among some “people”, I have to add I am definitely not a socialist or anything left-wing.

Unfortunately I pay tax in my country of origin where my income is about the average income. I’d love to move my tax liability to Thailand. It’s where I live, where I breathe and where I booze and party.

@Max ************

It’s entirely correct with the small change that you don’t become tax resident after 1880days, but *on* the 180th day. 🤭

@Wannikea ********

Yes. He could have black toothpaste, yellow chocolate, 472 mln tbh in the bank, and be married to Cinderella.

Don’t be ridiculous.

@Jimmy ***

Papers, witnesses, more papers, photos, more papers!

A ridiculous amount of papers. Marriage certificate, 400k in the bank, a preceding non-O visa, photos of you and the wife in and before the home, housebook, passport photos, everything with copies.

Then in the next month after your annual renewal stay near your home because they come to visit and inspect your home.

Immigration here (Sakon Nakhon) very much dislikes marriage visa and tries to push you towards retirement visa.

@Wannikea ********

If it’s his first RENEWAL then he will get his FIFTH 90 day report, not going to get his first….

So whether it’s his first renewal or his 5th doesn’t really make a difference. It will never be his first 90 day report.

Read carefully.

@Graham *****

He *renewed* his retirement visa, whatever that may be, so he likely isn’t on his first 90 day report…