@Chris **********

I usually go to Thailand from Perth Aus on Scoot $440 this time. return I have a bag which has wheels and when full is within 10 kg. allowance. It has an extendable handle and fits the requirements for cabin luggage. It cost $25 from K-Mart Australia. It holds everything I need including my laptop. I always wear cargo trousers and shirts with plenty of pockets and a lightweight tropical coat. on a plane Usually, I'm through Immigration in 20 mins.

@Phil *****

These tax agreements are very complicated documents, Yes that is why Thai tax experts have not got a clue. I have been perusing the Australia/Thai agreements for years now and still have not got a clue either, there are more pages than I can count. I now know how much I don't know and I don't think the Thai Government does not have a clue either. Only time will tell? There is likely hundreds of thousand in the same boat.

@Phil *****

Yes Phil that is true but only if you are above the tax threshold. My AAP will be $27,000P/Y if living in Thailand and $12,000 from my retirement super. All are tax-free in Aus. That is below the tax-free threshold. All Australians are entitled to this situation all tax free.

@Damo **********

Yes my calculation is that on about $4,000 a month Aus about 20% a bit over $700 per month in Thai tax.

I do own a house and my super is invested in Australia. and I know I do not pay tax in Aus am not liable in Thailand? which suggests just a bit lower than $1000P/M or about $11,000 per year. I would not consider going the Thailand for more than 179 days. I have been there many times on both retirement visas and tourist 90-day visas. I will only go to Thailand for 179 days in a year but I think somewhere I will be exempt from paying tax. If I go for more than 179. days. In Australia my pension is made up of an Australian Aged Pension(AAP) and Super managed through a bank neither is taxed as I am under the tax threshold in Aus.

I'm not sure about that, did you know that superannuation payments in Aus are taxed out of a pension automatically by the Australian Government before distributing the profits via my bank which holds the funds. I really do not know how much they take the rate is 15%. So how could I tell them? However, my investments are grandfathered. That is this tax was only implemented to investors after 1st Jan 2015. I believe we have a reciprocal agreement with Thailand that may or may not clear me of any tax. Does anyone know???

@Ken **********

Yes my heart goes out to you and perhaps the hundreds of thousands that still don't have a clue.

My experience with visas in Thailand is that the day you arrive and the day you leave is not counted. If you leave 1 minute after midnight where on your visa it says it is your are current until a certain day, you will then be one day overstayed. It concludes the previous day at midnight at the end of the previous day. In most countries when stating the day until it means 4PM by which time has is then concluded...But TIT. A day can be the 1st 1 min after midnight.

@Terary *********

Yes as I said before no one seems to know. Even the experts are not game to speculate.