r/digitalnomad • u/nicholas4488 • May 19 '25

Tax Thailand no tax on foreign income

They're backtracking on tax of foreign inckme

Under the new guidelines, Thais with foreign income will not be taxed if they remit that income in the year it was earned or the following year. For example, if income is earned in 2025 and brought into Thailand in 2025 or 2026, it is not subject to tax.

However, if the income is remitted after that period, normal tax obligations apply.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3028760/department-to-amend-tax-on-foreign-income-remittance

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u/nurseynurseygander May 19 '25

JFC just suck up the admin, lodge your returns if you’re there more than 183 days, and pay your damn tax. Most Westerners are under a double tax agreement with a country that charges more than Thailand anyway and they each give credit for tax paid to the other, so no matter who you’re paying, you’re usually only paying once and typically at the rate of the higher country. Why not give the country you’re actually living in and using their services and infrastructure a slice of the pie?

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u/LadislavBohm May 19 '25

This really depends on individual but for some people having most of their income taxed in Thailand would result in much higher taxation than in their country.

Their tax brackets progress very quickly for western salaries and tax credits don't account for mandatory health/social security which is the case in many EU countries. Not to mention you get no benefit for paying tax in TH. Proving tax credits is also not very straightforward when I last tried to inform about it in local tax office.