Mike Teavee

Alcatraz (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1728102/) popped up in the "Recently added TV Shows" on my TV Box & I remember watching some of it but couldn't remember how it ended so set about re-watching from the start. Got to the end & found out why I couldn't remember the story ending, Season 2 got canned so you're left with a lot of unanswered questions... Quite an enjoyable show if you're happy to never find out the full story behind how the convicts disappeared/re-appeared 50 years later 😞 Do Not Watch if you need your TV Shows to have a satisfactory ending

I don't think that's true for the UK as some Banks put pressure on people to obtain a TIN under threat of closing the account (which is why I got one) & other banks just closed the accounts for not being tax/ordinarily resident in the UK.

I prefer South Philippines (Visayas) & always thought that Cebu (excluding Cebu City & Mactan as too busy ) would be a good place to stay a while…. Maybe CarCar or Moalboal or even Bohol Island. Spent quite a bit of time visiting Davao/Kapalong with my Ex & thought Tagum or Carmen would be good places to live if you don’t mind not being near a beach.

Not Disco, has a bit of a travelogue theme about it & was from 1979 (45 years ago)... Logical Song Supertramp... Edit: People often called the song "Breakfast in America" but that is album title

Pretty sure that no Thai's will need to sign up for a TIN as their National ID is their TIN so they're given a Tax ID from birth (as it is in most countries). FWIW, a) I have a TIN (Needed to get one for one of my UK Bank accounts though ended up not giving it to them) b) I will be "Self-Assessing" myself as No-Tax owed (I'll only be remitting 235K which is the limit at which I'd start to pay Tax) so not filing a return for 2024. I'll be ignoring the >3,000B withholding tax on my FD accounts so technically they'd owe me money if they want me to file a return.

No idea about Thailand but UK uses LIFO which would seem to be the sensible option for calculating Capital Gains/Losses

I believe there is a pension allowance of 50% up to a max of 100K so that’s probably the 100K I missed 👍🏻

Not nitpicking, just checking to see if I missed something... Did you mean 280K under 65 (60K PA +150K nil tax band + 70K from your government pension) & so 470K over 65? For me the "Tax Free" number is 235K made up of:- - 60,000 Personal Allowance - 150,000 nil tax band - 25K for Health Insurance ... which is exactly the amount I'll be xferring (to myself) this year 🙂

I don't see how "Legally" there is any difference in a foreigner marrying a ladyboy & one marrying a Thai male as they're both "Legally" (i.e. what their official gender is on their Passport/ID etc...) Males.

A lot of (if not most) countries offer incentives so "Wealthy" people will live there. E.g. UK (currently being discussed/reviewed after Sunak's wife was shamed into paying tax on her Indian income even though she didn't need to) & Singapore.

The fact that some LTR Holders do not pay Tax on the Overseas Income has been published by many sources, but Sheerings seems to be the most quoted when it comes to Thailand's Tax rules so here's their take... https://sherrings.com/long-term-resident-visa-tax-concessions-thailand.html

The Patient https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15574312/ A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer who demands he help him curb his homicidal urges. A couple of years old now, for some reason I missed it when it 1st came out.

Do you have a link which says this only that would be a very large number of records & matching them to an individual would be a nightmare (e.g. my UK Bank doesn't know about my TIN or even my passport number & matching against Name/Date of Birth isn't accurate enough). I had a look at the CRS XML Schema (available here https://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/common-reporting-standard/schema-and-user-guide/) & it seems to be about reporting "Closing Balances", the period for which isn't clear, but the minimum standard seems to call for reporting at least once per year so it could just be your Bank reports to Thailand what your closing account balance is at the end of the year (Again, this is only of any use if they can match this information to you as an individual). I believe they have no way of tracking ATM payments but could decide to look at an individual if they bring a lot of money into Thailand or have no visible means of supporting themselves (i.e. they don't bring any money into Thailand). FWIW until things become clearer, I've decided to:- Bring in 235K THB pa which matches my tax free allowances (60K personal allowance, 25K towards Health Insurance & 150K at 0 Tax rate). Give the GF 360K pa (30K pm) to provide "Support" for her so she can now start paying 1/2 towards rent, utilities, groceries etc... Use savings I already have in-country for the rest of my expenses. I'll also be bringing back £8,000 from my next UK Trip which will be used when I need to purchase foreign currency for trips outside of Thailand (all paid for on my UK Credit card)... I can't say this change has made me plan more international trips as I was going to do more anyway but it's certainly giving me a nudge to do so over domestic travel.

“Mr T” was in the A-Team & I believe they made a TV series called “Mr T” in the 80s. I quite like Professor T, easy watching.

Should that be Professor T? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11981644/ (If not, Professor T Series 3 dropped last week).

Interesting, in the UK we report the gross rental income & then add entries to remove the deductibles but any Income from an ISA (Individual Savings Account, which could be many £1,000s) doesn't go on the Tax return so I'm assuming you would be able to supply a Dividend report from your ISA Provider to show any income received.

Touchpad has gone on my (11 year old) Macbook Pro & was assuming I would need to buy a new Laptop as I have some hefty Excel spreadsheets that I use for my financial planning/tracking so curious as to how you find using the Chromebook to manage your finances. I had one 4-5 years ago & found it great for the vast majority of things (I.e. surfing the Internet) but Sheets is (or at least at that time was) no replacement for Excel have things gotten better? I've just done a quick search & it seems you can now run a limited version of Excel on Android, has anybody tried using this? I guess another option would be to get an Office 365 subscription but like the OP, I begrudge paying a monthly subscription for software especially as I would only be using a small part of it.

Pre-Covid, I used to fly SIN-BKK every other weekend so bought an annual pass with TLM (Thailand Long Stay Management) for 20K which gave me meet & greet service from Plane/Check-In through Fast Track immigration & as I never had check-in luggage it was a real timesaver for me, can't find the service listed on their Website anymore so can only assume they no longer offer it. Before that I had also used "The Limo Pattaya" (IIRC 1,200B) but again, I can't find this service on offer on their Website anymore so can only assume that they've cracked down on companies offering Fast Track Services.

Thanks, I was thinking more about the protection of assets as he mentioned House, Land, Car but you are absolutely right & I remember my brother listing something similar as 1 of the main reasons why he was relieved that he could finally marry his partner (Almost 10 years ago, May 2014, how time flies) .

What protection would it give you over & above what a Will would give you or are you assuming that you will not have to sell the house/Land within 1 year because it's a Same Sex marriage? Genuine question as I've never seen the point in getting married (unless there are kids involved) & am yet to hear an argument to convince me otherwise (A Marriage certificate doesn't prove you love somebody or guarantee you won't leave them & there are other/better ways to protect them when it comes to leaving them your assets). It will be interesting to see how this is implemented from an immigration point of view and whether the unions will be treated the same as Thai Male-2-Foreign Female or Thai Female-2-Foreign Male, hopefully which ever way it goes it will lead to a debate on having more equality in Thai/Foreigner Hetro marriages...

I agree with you that there's not much talent to choose from on either side but my main issue with Cameron was the complete lack of planning for what should happen if people voted for Brexit. No matter how remote he thought the chances of it happening were (& as we all know it did happen) he should have had a plan (or at least a plan for how to put a plan together) for what to do, but it felt like he had nothing & just ran away leaving it to others to pick up his mess. I'm not saying that achieving Brexit is easy, nearly 8 years later there still doesn't seem to be a truly workable solution, but to be in that position & have absolutely no plan for what to do following the referendum is unforgivable.

Come on, it's common knowledge that the rules of entry on Visa Exempt include having proof of onward travel & 20K in cash & that was the 1st link I found, didn't think I'd need to cite an official site but here goes... https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/84256-tourist-visa?page=5d6636cd15e39c3bd00072dd&menu=5f4b6eb3f6ae4b236972c562 Proof of adequate finances for the duration of stay in Thailand i.e. traveler’s cheque or cash equivalent to 20,000 Baht per person and 40,000 Baht per family. Proof of onward travel (confirmed air, train, bus or boat tickets) to leave Thailand within 30 days of the arrival date (**otherwise a tourist visa must be obtained). Interestingly the official site suggest Train, Bus & Boat tickets are valid as are Travelers Checks, wouldn't want risk using either myself.

As I posted, it doesn't make sense to me that the airlines would get fined in all cases of somebody being denied entry as people are far more likely to get denied entry for not having sufficient cash on them & they don't check for that, could be insufficient cash falls into reason 3 "Other Reasons" and they don't get fined whereas no onward travel falls into reason 1 "Improper Documentation".... Honestly don't know, just me guessing/assuming.

1st Link I came across when googling for a link... https://www.thaiembassy.com/thailand-visa/thai-visa-exemption-and-bilateral-agreement Tourist Visa Exemption Scheme and Bilateral Agreement Provisions of the tourist visa exemption scheme and bilateral agreement, effective December 31, 2016, allowing passport holders from 64 countries to enter Thailand under this rule, provided they meet the following criteria: Be from an approved country. Be visiting Thailand strictly for tourism. Hold a genuine passport with a valid expiry of over 6 months. Can provide a valid address in Thailand on entry that can be verified. This address can be a hotel or an apartment. Must have a confirmed return ticket exiting Thailand within 30 days. Open tickets do not qualify. Traveling overland by train, bus, etc to Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (including en route to Singapore), Myanmar, etc is not accepted as proof of exiting Thailand.** Provide proof of funds of at least 10,000 THB for single travelers, or 20,000 THB per family during your stay in Thailand.