@Marb *******

That's why over 50% of retirement visas are obtained by agents paying bribes to immigration officers, why prostitution is allowed to flourish, why one whole floor of MBK mall is allowed to sell f*ke reproduction handbags, watches and running shoes, why street stalls along Sukhumvit are allowed to sell illegal vapes. Are you serious? Most expats have tax protection under an international treaty known as a DTA and yet expats are behaving like little sheep 🐑🐑🐑

@Greg *******

And it's little wonder that Benjamin Hart loses his cool every few days over these guys.

@Greg *******

That wouldn't surprise me one little bit

@Greg *******

The sad thing is to some degree they've succeeded. I never realised how naive the expat population in Thailand is, many of them running like frightened little sheep to pay tax, thinking if they don't they're going to get kicked out of the country, just months after the government introduced the DTV which makes things easier for people staying longer in the country, because Thailand desperately wants longer term foreigners here spending money. The mind boggles!

@Andi **********

How's this guy's form? This scam is bigger than anything the Phuket Taxi Mafia could ever dream of

@Andi **********

I don't think it will. Expats (especially retirees) have been conned by the one of the biggest scams in Thailand (and to think most will complain bitterly about paying 300 baht to enter a national park, but have willingly been scammed out of thousands of baht paying "experts" for "expert advice"!)

@Andi **********

And for that we have only the parasite "tax experts" who have been flooding the internet with their misrepresentations of tax "changes" which didn't affect expats living in Thailand

@Greg *******

I tend to agree with Benjamin Hart on that score, that nothing of any great consequence will happen this year, and for many expats, if at all. There has been nothing to stop Thailand Revenue going after retirees in previous years, but they chose not to. In light of the government's push to getting as many foreigners as possible into the country spending money, it's highly unlikely they're going to start going after money by way of tax. My "turnover" in Thailand is about 85k per month, and although I acknowledge that 7% VAT on that is not a great sum, the fact that I'm putting 85k into the economy each month is of some value. I wouldn't be the only expat in this situation, and to drive people away from Thailand in the pursuit of small amounts of income tax would be counter-productive

@Greg *******

The DTV'ers must first establish tax residency. They are still tourists. Much will depend on tax residency and economic ties elsewhere. For some (definitely Australians) they will be deemed tax residents in another country putting them beyond the Thai tax net.

@Marb *******

Simple. Do nothing. The tax residency thing has been in place since the 1970's. The government is not interested in chasing pennies. They have bigger fish to fry