@Oli ******

they still have their fee but don't call it a conversion fee. Not sure if one saves any money, but it is at least fewer steps. I don't trust wise enough to actually maintain any balance since they are not FDIC insured (or UKs equivalent either). Below is a screenshot of my last transfer fee and rate.

Anonymous participant 413 you don't have to convert first or maintain any money in a wise account. You can do a direct bank to bank transfer and convert all in one step using wise.

@Floyd *****

the TM30, which is the responsibility of the house/condo owner to file within 24 hours of any foreigners arrival, is not the same thing as the 90 day report. They are two completely separate things. You will not need to go to immigration to file a 90 day report until you have been in the country for 90 consecutive days. The clock resets everytime you leave and come back. The TM30 should be filed by your landlord or hotel. Just ask them to provide you a copy after they have done it.

@Stan ******

his freinds wife is Thai. She will not need a visa. Thai citizens can enter the country even with an expired passport as long as they can prove their citizenship. Which may or may not be anissue with and expired pink ID card as well, but there are other ways to prove citizenship.

@Roberto ********

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Well, this has been mildly entertaining, but I’ve reached my daily limit for ignorance and nonsense. Have a lovely day.

@Roberto ********

Haha. So you still refuse to answer the question? And once again, you assume I didn’t read the tax code or the DTA or come prepared, which I absolutely did. But it’s “obvious” to you that I didn’t, based on what exactly? That I was prepared enough to know they gave me the wrong answer?

Show me, on the Thai Revenue Department’s own document, where it says that someone doesn’t need a tax number or doesn’t need to file simply because they don’t have a work permit:



You won’t find it, because a work permit is absolutely not the deciding factor in whether someone needs a tax number or needs to file.

As for DTAs and avoiding double taxation, that’s claimed as a credit. Tell me, how does one claim a credit if they don't file? That’s clearly stated at the end of the document. But maybe you won't understand that based on your stellar display of comprehension.

You, like them, have no idea what my financial situation is, which I was fully prepared to show them. Even if I hadn’t been prepared, how does asking for a tax number first make them correct in claiming I don’t need one or don’t need to file? How would they know, when they didn’t ask a single question beyond whether or not I had a work permit? I could have brought in 20 million baht that’s tax-assessable, and they didn’t care. Either they didn’t know their own tax code, or they were intentionally avoiding the work. Which was my original point that you are absolutely refusing to acknowledge.

Why is it so hard for you to get that through your thick skull and accept that a government employee in Thailand might not be fully up to speed on their own tax regulations? Despite numerous reports of conflicting advice given by different offices.

JFC, you’re just grasping at anything you can, making ridiculous assumptions and arguments just to keep arguing. You’re an absolute clown. I can't wait to see what you'll come up with next. Or perhaps you finally decide to stop arguing a losing point.

@Bob *********

I know thats the case when you apply inside of Thailand. Is that the same when one applies at an embassy outside of thailand? I know there are other differences as well.

It says either or because it is either or.

@Roberto ********

So you’re refusing to answer my question: does not having a work permit automatically mean someone doesn’t have to file taxes? You know I’m right, which is why you’re dodging it. And who said I wasn’t prepared with my documents? You keep assuming sh*t. I had far more than you did.

Again, reading comprehension is useful. I CLEARLY said they didn’t ask me a single question about anything. Nothing about tax residency, how much money I brought in, the source of that money, nothing. None of the questions that the office you went to asked you. As soon as I said I didn’t have a work permit, they didn’t care about anything else. The fact that the office you went to may have known what they were doing has absolutely no bearing on whether the office I went to did. The numerous reports of conflicting information being given by different offices only confirm what I said. Yet you're here acting like all offices within a government agency are 100% aligned with the actual rules as if its you're first time in Thailand.

Now you bring up your experience, which you hadn’t mentioned before, and act like that somehow proves I lack reading comprehension. 🤣🤣🤣

I accept their answer because it's the office I would be filing at. I didn't push anything, I wasn't "shown the door". That doesn’t mean it's the correct answer, nor does it mean I can’t comment on my experience — specifically, that not all offices are the same and that some either don’t know the rules or don’t want to deal with the additional workload.

Seriously, just stop dude. You’re embarrassing yourself. Every time I shoot down the criticism you're trying to make you come up with some new nonsense.

@Roberto ********

Haha, this is where reading comprehension comes in handy. I said they are either clueless OR doing it on purpose to minimize their workload.

Tell me, since you're the tax expert, does someone automatically get out of filing or owing taxes simply because they don't have a work permit? Because that's exactly what they told me. They never asked how much money I brought into Thailand, the source of that money, or any other relevant questions. All they cared about was whether I had a work permit and whether I worked inside Thailand. Are you going claim that's correct just so you can keep arguing? Because it's not. So they either don't know their own tax laws OR are intentionally misleading people to avoid doing extra work. What exactly is it if it isn't one of those two things? My statement stands and is correct. Whose the village idiot now.🤣🤣🤣

Seriously, you don't know how to stop when YOU'RE behind. Why don't you go back and find some other spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors. At least you got that one right.🤣