Jun wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:46 pm
I suspect that will mean as long as you have paid that type of tax in another country & probably paid it at at least the same rate as in Thailand.
I would be in full favor of paying a Thai income tax if you get to decide for yourself which country to pay the tax, your home country or Thailand, but of course not both. I would bet the farm that the amount I would have to pay Thailand would be far,
very far, less than I pay the USA.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.
If expats do end up having to pay a Thai income tax along with their home country's income tax, a question came up asking what if you simply don't pay the Thai tax? My
guess would be at the very least you could say goodbye to your retirement visa.
I did see a post on the Sawatdee board saying if expats, even on the retirement visa, stay in Thailand more than 180 days per year, now we are considered residents for tax purposes - regardless of agreements with our home countries. The poster did not say where he got that from, but if he is correct, that's news to me. I have not seen or heard about any such thing.
In other words, it seems like those of us posting what we think will happen is we doubt expats on the retirement visa will be subject to this tax. However, in case we are wrong, we will either have to deal with whatever comes and 1- pay up or 2- start packing our bags.