[Bangkok Bank Be1st Debit Card – Not valid for international transactions – Help Please]

1 minute ago, Don Mega said:

ask them to issue a card with your name on it, it will cost you but helps massively when using online as a "credit' card.

Thanks for the tip , its some thing I'm going to do ????

 

I wonder if not having my name on the debit card I submitted to the UK passport office may in some way play a part in the debit card being refused for an international payment in the UK.

[Bangkok Bank Be1st Debit Card – Not valid for international transactions – Help Please]

3 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Is the name on the card your or just a generic one ?

Thanks ????

 

My Bangkok Bank Be1st debit card only shows a number no name - which when I first received it I was wondering why my name was not shown on the card 

[Bangkok Bank Be1st Debit Card – Not valid for international transactions – Help Please]

56 minutes ago, dick turpin said:

Forget the word "smart" when using BKK debit card.

Spot On ????

I managed to find a mobile phone number of the customer service person at Bangkok Bank branch where I originally set up the debit card and they speak decent English . So I telephoned him and described my current problem with the debit card and the UK passport office requesting a payment using my debit card number.  The guy said that if your Bangkok Bank  Be1st  Mastercard Debit card works in a Thailand ATM machine and you have not set your daily debit card transaction limit to low ( minimum automatically set at 5,000 Baht ) then automatically any international use of the debit card should work. One thing he did say was that Bangkok Bank is currently undergoing a maintenance period and that period ends on the 11th of this month. He went on to say that Bangkok Bank also has standard daily maintenance periods ( around midnight ) and should an international transaction be requested out side of Thailand during one of these maintenance periods , the transaction may be refused. 

 

I’m still not sure whats going on.????
 

 

[Bangkok Bank Be1st Debit Card – Not valid for international transactions – Help Please]

 

I have a Bangkok Bank Be1st Smart Mastercard Debit card ( chip and Pin ) and I have recently used that debit card number to apply for a British passport renewal . I have just received this message from the UK passport office where my passport is currently at ......[ We have been unable to process payment for £118.51 ] and then his message ....**Please note that payment is taken in the UK, so we would advise you to check with your card provider that the card you intend to pay with is valid for international transactions**

 

In the past I have used the same Bangkok Bank Be1st Smart Mastercard Debit card to pay for items on Ebay based in the UK . And my monthly private health insurance payment is taken from the same Bangkok Bank Be1st Smart Mastercard Debit card without a problem from the UK company.

 

I telephoned the Bangkok Bank help line and was told to visit the Bangkok Bank branch where the Be1st Smart Mastercard Debit card was originally issued .

 

As my Bangkok Bank branch is a 180 km round trip from my home I thought before I set out and go to my Bangkok Bank branch to ask questions as to why my Be1st Smart Mastercard Debit could not be used by the UK passport office. I thought I would ask others here for advice or suggestions on this situation. 

 

Thanks

[My first time claiming Tax back – Have I got this correct ?]

10 hours ago, YT3k72Em said:

1. You can take your yellow tax card to Krungsri bank and ask them not to deduct tax on interest going forward. Only the first 20,000 baht interest is tax free. With 4 million you will probably go over this limit anyway.  If they don't have a tax ID number on file, the default is to deduct tax from all interest.

2. You can file between 1 Jan - 31 March.

3. https://www.rd.go.th/publish/index.html

You can do it here but it's all in Thai and pretty messy design.  If you go to the tax office and ask them to do it, they will most likely just login to the same site and do it while you wait.

 

Many thanks for your advice and answers to my questions it really helps ????

 

MB 

[My first time claiming Tax back – Have I got this correct ?]

 

 

I have looked through other ‘’ claim tax ‘’ threads but as this will be my first time that I will be attempting to claim back the amount of withholding tax that has been taken from my Thai savings account I thought before I started the actual claiming back procedure I would ask here just to see if I’m on the right track.

 

So ..

 

I am retired and permanently living in Thailand

 

I have a savings account with the Bank of Ayudhya ( Krungsri )

 

In that savings account there is approximately 4 million Thai Baht

 

That saving account has been active for over 3 years ( but never made a tax back claim in the past )

 

I now have a Thai Tax ID card

 

I have a bank account with the Krung Thai Bank ( with online access and ATM card )

 

My next move …

 

So I will go to my Krungsri bank branch and ask for the completed form showing how much tax has been already taken from my savings account ( I can already see the individual amounts of tax that has been taken by looking at my bank passbook)

 

I will take the Krungsri banks completed form to my local Thai revenue department

 

I think what will happen when I present the completed Krungsri bank form along with my Tax ID card at the Thai revenue department is that I will be told that I will receive in the post at my home a document that I should then take along to my branch of Krung Thai Bank and the amount shown on the document will then be deposited into my bank account.

 

 

A few points I’m not sure on

 

1. in another claim back tax thread this was posted …….

 

Note: if you show the bank that you have a Thai tax ID you can request they not withhold tax.

 

I am not sure exactly that statement means ?

 

2. I am not sure what is earliest date is that I can take my tax claim form to the local tax department office?

 

3. In another claim back tax thread the OP mentioned that it was possible to apply to the Thai revenue department ‘’ online ‘’ . I cannot seem to find how I could do my tax claim online ?

 

So have I got the above correct or have I missed some thing out , also if any one could help me with my questions 1-2-3 , I would be most grateful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Another price increase for wine, it's getting silly now.]

 

Its still a shock to see the new version ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems there may be a lot of people going to give up and not buy this type of wine any more , me included ?

 

 

 

I know we can't talk about home made wine here , so can any one pass on their thoughts / ideas / how to's via a PM please .