Anonymous participant 988 I already have a tax residency certificate from my home country which under OECD rules is acceptable by any other country. Nothing to do with immigration

@Luit ****************

Not really. If a DTA exists there's a tie-break process to decide which country prevails. I have a permanent home in Australia, but not in Thailand, so Australia has sole taxation rights. This is why I am not required to pay tax in Thailand

@Luit ****************

So then the DTA decides. It would be usually the home country where a permanent home is available

You pay taxes in the country where you are tax resident

Anonymous participant My home country offers great tax-breaks for me, being a property and stockmarket investor, which would not be available to me in Thailand so it makes sense for me to remain a tax resident there. You apparently don't understand what Double Tax Agreements are all about. They are international treaties designed to stop people paying more tax than they are legally obliged to do. My country over many years has contributed millions of dollars of taxpayers money to Thailand in foreign aid, so I doubt very much I owe Thailand anything. Like yourself, I'm also only a "temporary visitor" in Thailand, so I don't see that contributing to long-term objectives will be of any value to me.

Anonymous participant Perhaps you owe tax, that's fine, but many people have already paid tax in another country and won't get too excited about paying again. I've lived in Thailand for around 20-25 years in theory as a tax resident, but have never been required to pay tax. I do however bring in around 100,000 Baht per month which I spend in the country, which is more than the "average" Thai citizen. There is no need for me to pay more money into the country

And at last, an Aussie Tax Advisor who spells out the Residency criteria of the DTA, enabling Aussies to avoid the Thai Tax Net if they do desire

"Successfully" paid tax????? 😂😂😂. I'd be asking if anyone has successfully AVOIDED paying tax, but to each their own I guess! 👍

Assuming you haven't been to a Thai immigration office?

What visa are you on?