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Such a PITA now with this stuff...Thailand should be a hub for super low crypto profits if they want people to take up their price-ier long-stay visas..
Malaysia and Singapore are streets ahead of them I believe.
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57 minutes ago, HammerGuy said:
Money safely squirreled away in some off shore acct, Yippedy dip !!
crypto wallet you mean.
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1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:
Stablecoins bought elsewhere you still incur 15% tax on sale, they have thought about that!
Well there should no profit on them pegged, but that is just daft.
From what I read on the main crypto platform they are no complied to reveal customer data. I'm guessing here that most are not giving a ***** on profit reporting that are based in Thailand and this has something to do with OTC cash-outs.
All the UK platforms have to share retroactive customer trading data from Jan 2025 I believe.
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This just means people won't be double taxed right ?
Basically its an income tax exemption but not a CGT exemption so the 15%
still stands....
https://cointelegraph.com/news/thailand-tax-exemption-token-earnings
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On 3/11/2024 at 12:08 AM, simon43 said:
Yes, now there are many Chinese. Typically each morning there are 50+ minivans all parked up in the town with Chinese tourists, causing traffic jams on the narrow streets etc. For me, it doesn't create disturbance because I live outside the town and walk/ride into town just to go shopping and eat at my favourite restaurant right at the end of the peninsula, where it's usually devoid of Chinese (they climb Phosi Hill or go to the local morning market etc).
Ah, the slow destruction of LP starts with that...remember walking down some idyllic side street only to have it ruined by a group of them shouting at each other... I'll try and catch LP again this year before it gets worse.
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I'd say just invest your money and use it for rent - all things considered.
Could become a target for nastier interlinked relatives in future.
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2 hours ago, simon43 said:
LoL, when I built those 4 small hotels in North Phuket between 2002-2012 I did all plumbing, electrical, sewerage work etc in full view of the local Thais and no-one batted an eyelid!! I guess the situation has changed now (at least reading news of foreigners being arrested suggests so). Laos has similar laws, but 'out in the stix' no-one cares what you do. Even if I was accosted by the local police, a few $$ and some Lao beer would keep them happy.
Now, as Gecko123 has said, a possible future problem could be if my friend does and his family want to kick me off the land and take possession of the house. Well, I would say "good luck and here are the keys!!", because my investment is absolutely minimal and not worth fighting over 🙂
That drawing that I previously posted is just a general design from the internet. I would construct a layout with a bedroom and bathroom at either end of the house (upstairs) with a living room in the middle and a long balcony running along the long side with access fr4om all rooms. A kitchenette would run along the opposite side of the living room. Downstairs would be an open area with concrete slab for my 'play-pool' etc and a lockable storage area with extra bathroom/wc.
Downsides? I can think of a few:
- The land is about 2km outside the riverside village that lies opposite Luang Prabang. So it is a little remote.
- What would happen if I fell seriously ill? No-one would hear my shouts for help
- Ditto if burglars broke in
- No popping round the corner to the local shop. It's a 2km walk or a ride on my motorbike
TBH, the possibility of falling ill is my biggest concern. At 65 years old, I'm in reasonably good health, but it can only go downhill from here 🙂. I'm not worried by burglars etc - they steer clear of people who appear to be mentally ill/crazy!! 🙂
Do you find the place is swamped now with Chinese...?
I got in just as the train line got going and it was so smooth going from VVieng town to LP.
Surprised the Chinese have not bought out half the town and pumped the prices..room rates are still pretty cheap at the budget end..charming old creaky townhouse rooms.
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Hope it works out..my fav. place in Asia is LP but I find that staying a certain amount of time then coming back in future works for me vs thinking of staying there continously....those sleepy streets and Beer Lao and the people are so chilled out...plus a steady supply of white chix coming into town....nice.
There is a great Indian restaaurant just as you come on to the peninsula and turn right to go along the riverside road...fantastic food.
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2 minutes ago, Negita43 said:
I know how you feel Bob sometimes it is difficult to decide - today big argument with my gf because I complained about something (in her eyes I was angry but I was just complaining about something). I think she wants to be my mother not my girlfriend - so I am seriously thinking about leaving after 14 years with that and all that is going on (tax, Swiss etc) BUT I reccommend a cost benifet analysis before a final decision.
Haha, look at you all feeding the troll..he will be on to his next polarising topic next week after he does not go.
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Care home. My dad had it, it was terrible way to go..eventually the urge to eat even goes.
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This guy has been at it since he joined..gets you all typing doesn't he ?
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6 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:
The "country" is Thailand and only Thailand. And when it comes to adaptation you are talking to an expert.
Dad was a French Jew, Mum a surviving German. So my mother tongue was German until the age or 4 where I had to adjust to the French school system. After 1967 my Dad couldn't forgive De Gaulle's treason and decided to move to the homeland, so I had to adapt to school in Tel Aviv. (3rd language). In 1981 I emigrated to Australia and blended in effortlessly, mostly thanks to the Sydney community and Australia's true immigration policy.
How about Thailand? IMHO out of 300000 western expats there is a tiny minority who have truly integrated, kudos. There is the tonal language, I am tone death, the abysmal work ethics mother of corruption, the xenophobia that is a key element of the local culture and the gender gap. I just feel I am on a different planet here. Fortunately I have a nice family here. So I avoid the Thai males altogether while I feel that the females a more approachable and respectable.
Tone "deaf"....yes, otherwise true I used wrong word also...not integrate....comprehend from a distance would have been better.
I rarely found any common ground with males in Thailand except may be younger uni guys - a slightly different outlook than most out there.
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9 hours ago, Letseng said:
This Swiss guy has been known to local ppl for his aggressive behaviour on previous incidents. E.g. blocking an ambulance.
= another mental case that gravitates to Thailand.
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8 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:
Definitely not. Therefore limit interactions with Thais to the barest minimum.
Sounds like you really are integrating into the country you live in.
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11 hours ago, bob smith said:
The woman’s profession should have zero bearing on the matter.
This is one of the big issues at play. So if he kicked a tramp it would be ok in yours and the thais books?
bob.
How about X or Y os Z...etc etc ?
It's just the specific structure of the culture here - hence the response.
How about a simple thing as jumping the queue in the UK and the response it gets, vs the way that is not such a trigger in other countries ?
It was just a bad bad specific cultural trigger event.
Do you go out you way to bare your feet at people in Thailand in the disrespectful way every day...why not, it has absolutely no meaning or effect to/on you ?
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Specifically with using a FOOT on the back of a DOCTOR...that guy transgressed over the foot taboo and the doctor as top of the tier in respect in Thailand...serves him right, a shame on westerners.
You could not have paired a more taboo set of things in Thailand except maybe adding in a monk instead of a doctor.
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The irony of this guy and all he represented..as it turns out he was on the hunt for his shadow self...
<< The psychoanalyst Carl Jung first developed the concept. Jung used the term “shadow self” to describe the things people repress or do not like to acknowledge. He theorized that it is a counterweight to the persona, which is the self that people present to others.30 Aug 2022 >>
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12 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:I learnt that after not being in the country very long, I beeped my horn at a guy, just to make sure he was aware of my presence, man he went ape<deleted>, my mrs told me that Thais take exception to people sounding their horns at them, thin skinned or what.
It is the way you need to do it here.....
1/2 second hits......short...short...short (=watch out !)
vs the loooooooooooooong horn beep which comes across as angry.
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Rough one, sorry to hear that. You kept a lid on that for a while...for a good reason I suppose.
I'd go private lawyer route regradless of automatic free process...
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Tony showing his hand behind the scenes already ?
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2 hours ago, Jenkins9039 said:
Yeah they ping it direct to your account within minutes.
SEC regulated entity (but their back end).
Only deal over a certain THB value.
Rate this morning was 35.73 to the $, sometimes better rates, other times bad.
Do you have a company name for this type of place or is that not allowed per forum rules ?
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5 hours ago, Bday Prang said:
So buying as it approaches a high is good advice
there's plenty like you here ex financial advisors who spent time in the SAS
I think he was saying thankfully he ignored naysayers when it was much cheaper back then.
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1 minute ago, Will B Good said:
Who would like to see an outbreak of Ebola and watch the outcome as many on here flatly refuse to be vaccinated?
I think in the case of Ebola as it is so distinct and externally horrific...many of them would get the vaccine who avoided the covid one ?
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Joking aside, think I had covid stuck in me last 6 weeks and now feel these symptoms came up...
MANIFESTATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19-RELATED MYOCARDITIS
After 1-3 weeks, they have heart symptoms, such as fatigue, palpitation, chest tightness.
Just would not leave me and at low level, and different to flu.
Have you ever witnessed that a farang was beaten up by Thais without any reason?
in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
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Fortunately no, I also never had any arguments with Thais in 10 years+ ...
it was a teflon coated... 😇
Only a couple semi-heated talks when I got fined at traffic stops over minor things
like drinking a bottle of whisky on my scooter while trying to stand up on the seat.