Work Permits

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On 2/10/2020 at 3:01 PM, phantomfiddler said:

One of the disadvantages of having a Work Permit is that, in the course of the application, one is made to sign a form saying that you are making 80,000 Bht salary, even if for 10 months out of the year you are making zilch. You will then get taxed on the 80 thou salary, and it will all end up a rather expensive proposition if it is just a small operation as you indicate ???? Better to have your business run under a Thai name, incur much lower taxes, and just be there without doing any work related tasks.

Never heard about that regulation, normally the threshold is 50.000 - and the only thing that happens if going under is getting a shorter WP of 3-6 months, and I guess at some point a denial...

 

Was this a local application somewhere? Would not be surprised in the least if someone local simply "invents" a regulation like that!