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How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Jim *******

if you reside in Thailand for more than 179 days in one year in Thailand, you are a Thai tax resident, regardless of your tax status in other countries.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Frangipani ******

The burden is on you to prove you don't owe taxes. The way you prove you don't owe is by filing a Thai tax return.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Frangipani ******

In 2024, you collected capital gains in the US and remitted some or all of those earnings to Thailand. That was a taxable event - even though your initial investment was made years ago.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Brandon *********

that is remitting money into Thailand, which is taxable.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Mac *****

You are misinformed. The point of the US-Thai DTA is to give US citizens living in Thailand a tax credit (taxes already paid in the US,), not to absolve them completely from paying Thai taxes.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Mac *****

Not true.

For example Long Term Capital gains are taxed at 15% in the US, but are taxed as ordinary income in Thailand. But this is all getting into the weeds, when the bottom line is you're not going to file a Thai tax return.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Pom *******

if you can prove it to the Thai tax authorities.

You would have had to be clairvoyant in early 2024 to set aside 2023 money to remit to Thailand.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Jim *******

that document says US citizens are Thai tax residents if they stay in Thailand more than 180 days.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Roberto ********

That's what I expect.

I know Thai bargirls with millions of baht in the bank, and they don't pay taxes. That would be low hanging fruit for the Revenue Department, but they don't bother.

The only wrinkle is if a tax return is required to renew a visa. No sign of that yet.

7 months ago

How does double taxation work for expats in Thailand with DTV approval?

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@Kool ******

You are making some big unfounded assumptions. The changes to the Thai tax regulations carry the power of law and require all tax residents remitting more than 150,000 baht (with certain exceptions) to file a tax return. If only to document that you don't owe anything.

The question is enforcement.

7 months ago