Foreigners "Chosen for Audit" by Thai Tax Authorities?

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[@jasonscholte2758]

I figure no sense in wasting my time thinking about it. To date it's all been a bunch of fearmongering and clickbait by a lot of these KZbinrs and Expat forums in my opinion. 🍻

[@Darryl_Smith]

Exactly - if you have nothing to say then don't - trouble is the 'tubers and forum peeps need 'content'...to grease their income.

[@maniac1367]

More hassle, more costs and more stress. Heading back home is starting to Look better in my situation.

[@gaetanomontante5161]

Spoken like a true trooper. Ha.

[@happygomonkey]

SE asia aint what it used to be

[@albertinsinger7443]

For me it’s 179 days now. Till everything becomes crystal clear . Went to the biggest accounting firm run by high level Thai accountants and left thinking Thailand taxes is now the Wild West.

[@lionelnoumea]

Be careful that your plane is not late and that this has the consequence of making you leave at one o'clock in the morning the following day... 177 or 178 days is more prudent

[@JaiMitchell2014]

I spoke with a tax professional today from Expat Tax Thailand. They offered me tax filing assistance. Meaning they will complete and submit my tax return on my behalf for 12,000 baht. What i wasn't aware of was that any monies remitted to Thailand, whether it's spent on a Thai bank card or a UK bank card, will be taxed. Rent, car hire, food, going out, shopping. It's all taxable!

[@lingua19999]

yeah.. but they cant track it yet .. also, its a grey zone not yet claer enough to make it a truth. + ONLY earnings which you did not pay tax on yet. IF you paid tax in the uk already than you can remitted mostly tax free (depending on the tax % you paid in the UK) by the way, 12k is way to much go with a smaller local company.. i pay 4k for mine.

[@jamesbarr2357]

..."any monies remitted to Thailand, whether it's spent on a Thai bank card or a UK bank card, will be taxed." NOT true. Only money remitted from 1 January 2024 and which was earned since 1 January 2024 might be "assessable income". Income/capital you earned/had prior to 1 January 2024 is NOT taxable. I hope your tax advisor knows this.

[@Swimallsummer]

@@lingua19999tax preparation fees are deductible in the US even though I only spend about $35 to update my Turbo Tax software and do the taxes myself. Probably wishful thinking to imagine tax preparation fees or visa fees would be deductible from your Thai tax liability.

[@Azw549]

12,000 baht is a scam but it's not too bad. I had to pay 45,000 baht.

[@carnivorechronicles]

Thai government can easily get all your ATM withdrawals done in Thailand. Thailand adheres to the Common Reporting Standards (CRS) and the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) protocol, meaning your financial data is automatically exchanged between banks and governments. This may seem invasive, but it’s the current international standard. Being informed and prepared is your best strategy. Otherwise you’re just another expat idiot.

[@jameswhitewater6127]

Thaksin wants to stimulate the Thai economy by issue 10,000 baht to every Thai citizen and the financing part will be from everyone that has a 180+ stay in the kingdom. Regular tourists are not affected, so zero cause for alarms for the majority of visitors and the Thai tourism industry.

[@generaldrubbing4574]

Greetings, and just wanted to say that your previous audio issues are now *fully resolved.* I saw the intro to a previous video where you had really taken the matter to heart (sorry about that, but that also was a hard truth - a law of video production is that your audience cares 20x more about audio quality than video quality). So, again, thank you for your excellent videos and being a voice of clarity and reason in Thailand, and *whatever you have done to produce this video is PERFECT.* You do not need to change a thing, if this is your result.

[@kwhatten]

Calm down. Anyone who is currently paying taxes in Thailand probably already understands this.

[@wengelder9256]

The KZbinrs rant very well informed , neither is this guy . Not even a tax lawyer . Saying it’s all driven by your individual case is like kicking an open door open .

[@gregfraser8784]

Agreed a flat tax and no reporting is most efficient and least costly

[@BangkokBubonaglia]

Come on Benjamin. Even for you this is a bit transparent. An attorney saying "everyone needs to hire an attorney." I've dealt with at least a hundred attorneys over my life, and almost none of them were actually worth the fees. Just by listening to opinions of others, most of us laymen can get a pretty good idea of the practical implications of a law without having to pay anything. The problem right now is there are no real examples, so everything we're hearing is all speculative. But saying that the answer is to hire an attorney? Good for you, sure. Maybe not so good for us.

[@nealeking5662]

An opinion is not engaging in professional services.

[@Male666chauvinist]

I definitely love hearing the truth from you Ben, lots of people cannot handle the truth, keep up the brilliant work you are doing 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@stevedrinkschang365]

I wish Thailand would audit me so I could go about my Goddamed life! I'm a 37 year old American combat veteran. I was a combat medic. I live here, with my Thai wife, and I'm hassled every time I go to immigration about making babies and paying extra money. Fuck taxes period. Apply the law equally, across the board, and I'll happily play along.

[@singas2854]

Not interested there’s a tax treaty in place for this purpose from my home country where I pay tax

[@kelly.caldwell]

Recently, a number of subject matter experts have put out very informative videos in collaboration with some big channels. Rather than listening to some KZbinrs rant and complain, I’d urge those who are interested to look for those videos, as they shed light on a lot of topics.

[@Azw549]

So far I have not found a single reliable tax lawyer, tell me where I can find them!

[@gregpeters2471]

Well said, Benjamin.

[@MikeyInThailand]

If I didn’t have KZbin I would never know about possible tax, no Thai official has notified me of such, until Then like hogans heroes I know nothing, nothing !

[@MikeyInThailand]

@@user-ql9vu3zg3n so who will offiicially notify us that we need too? As mentioned no such official conversation outside KZbin has advised of such

[@raypeter7332]

Thank, Ben I'm agreed with you: Crazy people who's don't know what this is but talk anyway,tired!!!!!

[@zeusconquers]

Goodbye America and Thailand forever. Nice knowing you

[@The_Blueyonder]

Well said Ben.

[@tombloom99]

Are you saying that there is a clear protocol out there that I can follow? Please cite.

[@Jeff-sm8of]

It's a no brainer. They don't want long stay foreigners. They only want high spending 2 week tourists. Period.

[@Boyeaton1]

I don't agree. They know more than anyone that travelling is going to be restricted to the point where very few will be willing to pay the carbon tax and extra hoops they will need to jump through. The cost of flying has doubled in the last 3 years and I expect it will continue to go up as part of the climax hoax

[@ayebo15]

So why do they promote the DTV Visa at the moment then?

[@zolafero5781]

@@ayebo15maybe because they want more tax payer?

[@jamesbarr2357]

I think these changes are aimed at wealthy Thais. Unfortunately, if they proceed, the retirement community will be impacted.

[@uweballmann6692]

@@jamesbarr2357 Wealthy Thais will know how to avoid Taxes like wealthy people in all other Countries world wide.

[@joem0088]

More non-sense. So he's saying everybody needs a Thai tax attorney ? Come on. Everybody just just want they can. That's all. They don't hang you if you made an honest mistake.

[@fungary1984]

Is the tax on total global income real or just more internet rambling?

[@lingua19999]

internet rambling at least for know - i hope the government is sensible enough to know that people will leave really quickly otherwise.

[@freddieclark]

A law is currently being considered.

[@freddieclark]

A law is currently being considered.

[@lingua19999]

@@freddieclark everyday people consider things , till than it is internet rambling.

[@freddieclark]

@@lingua19999 Actually Bangkok Post article after an interview with the director general of the Thai tax department.

[@brendanscully5787]

you have to earn it to pay it ...right?

[@brahimchab]

Squid game season 3

[@robbie2thais]

Bit off topic l know but can you switch from a dtv visa to ao retirement visa in thailand? l'm a pro photographer so dtv to start would be great but planning to retire in a couple of years, so can l switch visas?