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LivinLOS

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  1. Yes but it would be even easier to park those GBP funds in a non UK linked account outside Thailand and ensure your Thai liability does not happen even if you were here >180 days. Also the secondary factor would be the UK would still have claim on any UK 'domestic source' income, and in fact the UK can lay claim to 'sufficient ties' to the UK (still owning a UK car, uk property, kids going to school) they can be very harsh as the famous Gaines-Cooper case showed. If you pay the liability elsewhere it becomes a tax credit issue but when you try to slip between the cracks, as many western earning Thai resident expats have done its still a lot riskier / harder and you really have to have your UK connections severed. EDIT Gaines-Cooper https://www.blevinsfranks.com/gainescooper-and-uk-tax-residency-the-courts-judgement/
  2. shocking revelations of industrial-level corruption within the Royal Thai Police Ahh yes... Shocking..
  3. Would help if there was a consistency to the rules.. That at least would be fair.. Eg a Thai on farang beating, multiple assailants, real harm and injury... 500b and a smirking wai.. Farang on Thai shout and a little tap of a kick.. Deportation, loss of millions in assets now needing to be sold, involvement of the national police chief, deputy PM, even addressed by the PM himself.. Their country thier rules.. What rules exactly ??
  4. Even his 'apology' is still petulant and 'this person constantly pestered people to use the machines when others use them' type justification.. Its not an apology really. The refusal of Thai media to report even the most obvious of situations against someone of even the mildest notoriety is just beyond comical..
  5. Currently its crazy strong again.. late 80s early 90s 120mg was 'good' now theres 300 350mg pills doing the rounds.. Cant imagine how messy someone whose never done it dropping one of those.
  6. Just had a check, none of my wifes UK visas issued over the last 2 decades are marked with BVIS which is apparently the British Irish Visa Scheme. Are you sure a 10 year UK visit visa is applicable, internet seems to indicate otherwise.
  7. Ireland isnt schengen.. An Irish tourist visa doesnt allow mainland EU travel or vice versa. Are you sure about UK visit visa allowing Irish access ?? Other obviously than northern ireland.
  8. Thais I know openly selling Liquid LSD on facebook. In fact FB is really quite crazy open about psychedelics in Thailand, whole groups of trading, mushrooms, etc etc
  9. Just submitted the online application for the 10 year UK visit visa, dont really anticipate problems wife had a 5 year in 2017 and we have travelled almost annually since 2009, including most years with Schenegen travel also. She has significant UK and global travel, we are married, no issues with funds, have a UK home as well as a Thai one, etc etc. The app itself should be smooth. Only thing I cant remember from our last 5 year visa app is if she needs the TB clearance test. Online guidance says its not needed if you don't intend to stay more than 6 months, which we don't, I am just concerned that the fact that its a 10 year visit visa means we need to have one. I cannot remember if we did one in 2017 or not. Application (with card fees and VFS) is well over a grand GBP these days so I dont want to get a rejection for a simple thing I should have included. We also have a fairly tight application schedule as I need a UK visa, a Schengen visa and a Irish Visa for our summer holidays this year, each one takes time.
  10. Once they lose 250 senators early next year things get a lot more fragile for the current installed coalition..
  11. This presumes you are paying tax in other countries.. The vast majority of truly long term expats I know do not.. They have signed out of home countries and no longer file or declare there.
  12. Said this from day 1.. This is a huge fundamental change to how taxable sources are calculated.. Thailand cannot manage to collect speeding tickets for a decade and they believe they are going to have a fully revised tax code in (checks calendar) 56 days ?? Not a chance.
  13. 'Army owned' land.. There should be no 'army owned' land.. The army is a servant of the people, as represented by its elected officials. Get rid of all 'army owned' everything. The army can use resources that the people allocate to them, not the other way around !!
  14. The scerpico and stallone cobra are a lucky charm to avoid police shakedowns and extortion for tea money..
  15. Probably.. I dont see how they track that TBH.. It will be inward banking remittances they look at.. But if I send it to my wife, who has never done a tax return in her life, is it then her liability not mine ?? The whole thing is badly laid out as it stands.. The idea they intend to blanket tax all inbound transfers fails so many logic tests its not going to happen (if I borrow money for an overseas mortgage, that is a debt not income.. If I am buying a villa or moving funds for an OX visa they want 35% of it ?? Cant happen).
  16. Well you can, its only the remittance to Thailand which creates the taxable event.. Start paying all bills via wise.. A direct payment from outside the country to the 3rd party is then thier taxable event, not yours.. House and car payments, GF or wifes housekeeping, etc etc.. Spend as much as possible with an overseas credit card.. Brings the total right down.
  17. yeah.. always inanimate objects like brakes or tires that just 'fail' never any hint that speed, condition, servicing, or aspects that cause some form of responsibility are questioned. Face.. Keeping asia back for generations.
  18. 'The police checked thier records.. and found a western name in the customer list'..
  19. Disagree as the entire issue here is PAST earnings being claimed as savings.. If it doesnt look backwards the whole thing is useless.
  20. yes I thought the same about granite.. thats how you cook a steak in a fancy hot stone restaurant !! I dont like the idea of deck to the edge though.. even if it is practical.. Is there any light color 'soft' stone or tile solution to make a barrier between deck and pool ?? Or that also would integrate with hardscape attractively ?? I was seeking to avoid sandwash but I may need to make cost compromises and a light grey sandwash somehow looks better than the cheap 'standard yellow' that's the norm. I could live with a well done sandwash is creatively done with lines and some design attention.
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