Further to my comment of as we say in Aus putting the cat amongst the pigeons how does Thailand sort out the following situation.

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I have several friends from the UK who emigrated to Australia some 50 years ago and joined the military and were required to become Australian citizens and did so. They have kept their UK passport still current and become Australian Citizens and were issued with an Australian passport. Could these people take 2 trips to Thailand on their UK passports and 2 trips on their Australian passports in one year? The mind boggles. Many people have more than one passport.

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@John *********

If I put in a Tax return in Australia it would come back nil. I did that for 2 years and the tax dept suggested that unless my income increases no return is required. Will that be the case in Thailand if Thailand and Australia have an agreement? Who knows?

@Peter ********

It seems you are correct at being wrong???

It seems my comments are moderated by the moderator so I'll make no further comment. Thank you nice discussion, thank you.

@Dan *******

A present with reading and studying the Thai tax laws all I get is unconfirmed jargon and it seems the "experts" are in the same position. Like the song "When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn? La,La,La. TIT.

In many cases, as the OP indicated his so-called pension may not be a pension but compensation from his country for disbilities he may have received while serving in the military. If this was the case it is not taxed and usually goes on forever. Australia and many countries are the same...so what happens if he takes his compensation/pension to Thailand?

Shayne Rochford... I am quite caplable of reading plane English, All we need to work on is to get Thailand to wite what is now facts and not beat around the bush. If there are exceptons we can just read what they say and implement it??

@Michael ******

In my case and about 2,000,000 0thers living in Thailand do not pay any tax on their pensions in their home country. I seems to me as it is written those people will be liable to pay the full amount of tax in Thailand as a tax resident, my case $1000. Some modifcation my occur but Thailand does know now what they are doing. Cambodia or the Philipines also for months may be the answer and back for 179 days to Thailand, good for a single man, that would do the trick.????

I expect some modifcation will occure in time?????

To Jeff Schott and others...My Australian Aged Pension (AAP) is $ P/Y if living in Thailand and the extra $15,000 per year is from a retirement fund it is all tax-free in Australia. Will I have to pay tax in Thailand? I've asked this question on a dozen different sites. To date, no one has given me an answer. At 82 y/o I am not even required to put in a tax return. The ATO (tax office) in Australia excuses me for doing so. In Australia, I am below the tax threshold.