@Jonathan **********

I'm not sure about Thailand. In my country for example no, it's not posible to fill for taxes if the income is 0.

@Jonathan **********

right now it's possible IF you meet certain conditions. If you don't, you can't, even if you want wanted to. However, if the ammendment mentioned in this article becomes an actual law, then it would be near to impossible for a DTVer to pay taxes in Thailand, as foreing remitted money would be exempted, and, at the same time, the DTV DOESN'T allow you to earn money from within Thailand, neither it allows you to get a work permit (you'll need to change to a different visa type then)

Which is a good second question, to ask people who have used them how much were they charged on average.

Participante anónimo some of them do, yes. I've heard some even charging 70,000 baht. Of course you don't need to use an expensive one, but they're out there.

If you're rejected, you'll lose around USD300-400. If you use an agent, you'll use more than that and can still be rejected. The best is to prepare very well and try by yourself.

@Tore ********

Many Asian countries also do have DTA with Thailand. At first I thought my country (South Korea) didn't have one, but they do 😱

@Bobby ********

it's taxes on INCOME. Of course we pay taxes everyday, every time we bought any good or service here. So it's not that we don't pay taxes.

@Dany *******

No, the law and the article explain, both, that this is applicable to any Thai "tax resident", which is a person living over 180 days in the Kingdom. There has never been differences as per citizenship for tax matters. That's a common standard in most countries of the world (the tax resident notion, I mean, which is unrelated to citizenship or visa status).

@Greg *******

hence the " marks. But the Government will has been already shown, they're planning to amend the law within this year, reportedly.

Which are, needless to say, mandatory to follow.