@Eryk ***********

yes, maybe the case but him, along with a lot of us retirees own multiple properties, have healthy retirement incomes and are living a great life… you still have to get there yet!

I’d rather that than know how to navigate around a keyboard. So how about a bit of respect mate!

@Jim *******

Nah mate… in Australia our super is tax free when paid so when it is remitted into Thailand it is subject to tax ( so the DTA does not assist in this case.). Only tax exemptions are Government and military pensions.

If you reside more than 180 days a year in Thailand,then you are a Thai tax resident for tax purposes and therefore required to submit a return and see if/or how much must be paid. People call BS on this and are rightly annoyed about it but it is correct. Sure.. you can try to find a way around it or refuse or whatever.. but legally, you are obliged to pay tax on your remittance (in this case private super income).

Yep… imagine gaining 0.5% interest from 38K sitting stagnant in a Thai Bank… along with now having to (legally) pay tax on your super income that you transfer over!

@John ******

yup…

Australian Govt (DFAT) state 0 as of last year… that’s 15% of the country!

@Wayne ********

😆. Yeah.. over 0 have now left to live in Australia but they assure me it’s the best country on earth!

@Mma ******

Always better to talk in facts than assumptions!

@Jon *******

don’t shoot the messenger.. that’s what the OP wrote 😁

$3000 what… US, Pound, Euro, Australian??? Has to equal Baht per month!

If anyone knows how to transport anything on a bike… it’s the Thais and Vietnamese. Your dilemma is a two minute solution for those guys.

@Brandon ***********

I have been travelling in and out of Thailand (and around the world) for nearly 40 years and the general rule for majority of countries in ‘6 month minimum’! … Including Thailand and more so now than ever with the authorities cracking down.

I have known people who have been turned back at immigration in Thailand because of it. Maybe your friends got lucky.