Tax residency with no or little or mimimum stay, ability to get tax certificate, No CFC Rules, territorial tax or taxfree
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Thai Elite avg at 3.5k year. Its upfront tho and this one is not.
I mean not a bad option if you just want to test the ground and see if you like it. You get access to public healthcare too for what I saw.
I mean not a bad option if you just want to test the ground and see if you like it. You get access to public healthcare too for what I saw.
Their business model is not to sell visas, but to actually run a nomad-friendly agency. They are a proper agency with an office in Bangkok.
If I remember correctly, they simply take a cut of your revenue. More if they found the client, less if you bring your own client. Not sure if there are any fixed fees on top.
They are very nomad friendly and don't expect you to sit in their office or anything, from what I've heard.
If I remember correctly, they simply take a cut of your revenue. More if they found the client, less if you bring your own client. Not sure if there are any fixed fees on top.
They are very nomad friendly and don't expect you to sit in their office or anything, from what I've heard.
OK so for a citizen of a draconian commonwealth country (not USA or EU):
- Get residency and 'employment' in Thailand via EOR provider like iglu or others.
- Within a month or two get tax certificate in Thailand and paper trail of having employment, residency and paid income tax in Thailand should be well on its way.
Whether you spend a few months or more than 183 days in Thailand, you could otherwise fairly and reasonably state you are resident of Thailand at this point and have a good trail of facts/paperwork to back you up.
Assuming you then spend no excessive amount of time in other territories......
- Open new corporation in non black/greylisted country that has CFC︀ rules and dual tax treaty with Thailand and most other countries, let's say Germany. Declare/set︁ it as a non-resident company in Germany, by stating that it is resident in Thailand︂ (Show any Thai residence related documentation during the company setup).
- Open new trading account︃ with IBKR in name of new German company (Whether they would open it with their︄ Singapore or Swiss branch who knows but probably doesn't matter).
- Trade US instruments through︅ IBKR from Thailand (Profits from active trading, not collection of dividends on long term passive︆ investments).
- German company pays no tax to German authorities when you do the annual︇ filing and whatnot in Germany because the profits were earned outside Germany.
- Thailand authorities︈ not interested in collecting tax on German company due to no CFC rules, and would︉ not seek permanent establishment of German operation or collection of German profits within Thailand.
- Pay dividends to yourself from German company tax free from time to time. Probably doesn't︊ matter where paid to, as long as it is not paid into a Thai based︋ bank account.
I know that perhaps this question is moot from the Thailand perspective because︌ ultimately you could just skip the whole company idea and open a personal account with︍ IBKR Singapore and trade in your personal name and so long as you don't bring︎ any profits back to Thailand within the same calendar year you would not pay personal️ income tax on them in Thailand. However a lot of the time a corporate account with IBKR will afford you things like greater level of margin. Also in future I will probably travel or be in other countries of the world, so to have the trading under a company name in a country I have no interest in living in may help protect me a little instead of any personal level tax implication that any authority may wish to impose on me from time to time.
With this concept you could choose from very many countries of the world for the company setup, probably even︀ USA, as long as that country doesn't tax foreign earnings of non-resident companies and you︁ are probably not interested in ever living there. It would also help quell any concerns︂ with any draconian authorities of the world you may be citizen of to not care︃ or scrutinise you too much, even if you go for the full disclosure route, because︄ you are a beneficial owner of a company in a "normal" country with a tax︅ treaty, not one of those stinky black/greylisted tax haven countries.
Have I understood this correctly︆ for a working concept or am I missing something critical and headed directly to jail?︇
- Get residency and 'employment' in Thailand via EOR provider like iglu or others.
- Within a month or two get tax certificate in Thailand and paper trail of having employment, residency and paid income tax in Thailand should be well on its way.
Whether you spend a few months or more than 183 days in Thailand, you could otherwise fairly and reasonably state you are resident of Thailand at this point and have a good trail of facts/paperwork to back you up.
Assuming you then spend no excessive amount of time in other territories......
- Open new corporation in non black/greylisted country that has CFC︀ rules and dual tax treaty with Thailand and most other countries, let's say Germany. Declare/set︁ it as a non-resident company in Germany, by stating that it is resident in Thailand︂ (Show any Thai residence related documentation during the company setup).
- Open new trading account︃ with IBKR in name of new German company (Whether they would open it with their︄ Singapore or Swiss branch who knows but probably doesn't matter).
- Trade US instruments through︅ IBKR from Thailand (Profits from active trading, not collection of dividends on long term passive︆ investments).
- German company pays no tax to German authorities when you do the annual︇ filing and whatnot in Germany because the profits were earned outside Germany.
- Thailand authorities︈ not interested in collecting tax on German company due to no CFC rules, and would︉ not seek permanent establishment of German operation or collection of German profits within Thailand.
- Pay dividends to yourself from German company tax free from time to time. Probably doesn't︊ matter where paid to, as long as it is not paid into a Thai based︋ bank account.
I know that perhaps this question is moot from the Thailand perspective because︌ ultimately you could just skip the whole company idea and open a personal account with︍ IBKR Singapore and trade in your personal name and so long as you don't bring︎ any profits back to Thailand within the same calendar year you would not pay personal️ income tax on them in Thailand. However a lot of the time a corporate account with IBKR will afford you things like greater level of margin. Also in future I will probably travel or be in other countries of the world, so to have the trading under a company name in a country I have no interest in living in may help protect me a little instead of any personal level tax implication that any authority may wish to impose on me from time to time.
With this concept you could choose from very many countries of the world for the company setup, probably even︀ USA, as long as that country doesn't tax foreign earnings of non-resident companies and you︁ are probably not interested in ever living there. It would also help quell any concerns︂ with any draconian authorities of the world you may be citizen of to not care︃ or scrutinise you too much, even if you go for the full disclosure route, because︄ you are a beneficial owner of a company in a "normal" country with a tax︅ treaty, not one of those stinky black/greylisted tax haven countries.
Have I understood this correctly︆ for a working concept or am I missing something critical and headed directly to jail?︇
Your understanding is almost correct but you're overcomplicating things and︉ throwing money away with an EOR if your business will be outside of Thailand.
You can easily get a tax ID in Thailand, remit a symbolic amount of income and︊ pay a few thousand baht of tax on it. Done.
This part is incorrect:
"Whether you spend a few months or more than 183 days in Thailand, you could otherwise︋ fairly and reasonably state you are resident of Thailand at this point and have a︌ good trail of facts/paperwork to back you up."
That's not how it works, and spending︍ a few months in Thailand will not cut it if you're challenged by the tax︎ authority of a developed country. Better to spend 180+ days in Thailand to be safe.️
You can easily get a tax ID in Thailand, remit a symbolic amount of income and︊ pay a few thousand baht of tax on it. Done.
This part is incorrect:
"Whether you spend a few months or more than 183 days in Thailand, you could otherwise︋ fairly and reasonably state you are resident of Thailand at this point and have a︌ good trail of facts/paperwork to back you up."
That's not how it works, and spending︍ a few months in Thailand will not cut it if you're challenged by the tax︎ authority of a developed country. Better to spend 180+ days in Thailand to be safe.️
The only country where a company is not considered tax resident by means of incorporation is Singapore (Cyprus joined the list in 2023, this chart is from 2022)
All the others countries︀ considers tax resident a company incoporated within the country.
This means that for the incorporation︁ country, to declare your company treaty non resident you need to provide a Tax ID︂ from the Contracting State otherwise the company will always be considered tax resident in the︃ incorporation country.
Thailand tax authorities will be veeery interested︆ in taxing your treaty non resident Germany company because it became a Thai tax resident︇ company.
The most realistinc thing i've read in︋ your post.
All the others countries︀ considers tax resident a company incoporated within the country.
This means that for the incorporation︁ country, to declare your company treaty non resident you need to provide a Tax ID︂ from the Contracting State otherwise the company will always be considered tax resident in the︃ incorporation country.
Thailand tax authorities will be veeery interested︆ in taxing your treaty non resident Germany company because it became a Thai tax resident︇ company.
The most realistinc thing i've read in︋ your post.
Remit a symbolic amount of income too/from where?
88mdok said:
skip the whole company idea and open a personal account with IBKR Singapore and trade in your personal name and so long as you don't bring any profits back to Thailand within the same calendar year you would not pay personal income tax on them in Thailand.
Is it safe/reasonable︀ to have a Singapore based personal bank account to receive trading profits from the personal︁ account at IBKR Singapore? Or would this trigger some kind of "receiving profits into Singapore︂ account where profits are taxable" issue? Maybe its best to have say, a Vietnam based︃ account to receive profits from IBKR Singapore?
88mdok said:
skip the whole company idea and open a personal account with IBKR Singapore and trade in your personal name and so long as you don't bring any profits back to Thailand within the same calendar year you would not pay personal income tax on them in Thailand.
Is it safe/reasonable︀ to have a Singapore based personal bank account to receive trading profits from the personal︁ account at IBKR Singapore? Or would this trigger some kind of "receiving profits into Singapore︂ account where profits are taxable" issue? Maybe its best to have say, a Vietnam based︃ account to receive profits from IBKR Singapore?
Couldn't it be said that the income is Singapore sourced because even though global/US instruments are traded it may ultimately be deemed that the trades are otherwise settled/concluded by Interactive Brokers Singapore company?
Or is the concept of "sourced" more related to where the work by the client was performed (Thailand/Globally from time to time).
Or is the concept of "sourced" more related to where the work by the client was performed (Thailand/Globally from time to time).
Thailand taxes foreign income that is remitted into Thailand the year it is earned, as long as the person spends 180+ days in Thailand.
So you can remit any foreign income that you make (company's profits, personal salary, rental income, capital gains, dividend income, etc.) into Thailand and pay tax on it. This is useful if you need a tax certificate.
So you can remit any foreign income that you make (company's profits, personal salary, rental income, capital gains, dividend income, etc.) into Thailand and pay tax on it. This is useful if you need a tax certificate.
Easy, it took some time to go through the background check but overall it was great.
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If you want to buy in TH theres only a few places where cashflow is positive, namely Phuket, Pattaya and Samui.
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If you want to buy in TH theres only a few places where cashflow is positive, namely Phuket, Pattaya and Samui.
That's the dumbest idea I've read about in a long time. You risk issues in all involved jurisdictions.
You would be telling the German tax authority that the company should be taxed like a Thai company because it is managed from Thailand.
At the same time, you're telling the Thai tax authority that it shouldn't be treated like a Thai company because it is registered outside of Thailand.
What?
The whole idea relies on the fact that the Thai tax authority will never actually question this or talk to their German counterpart.
What will you do when the German tax authority asks for documentation from their Thai colleagues that the company is considered tax resident in Thailand?
And if it is considered tax resident in Thailand, why not just use a Thai company? Are we even sure that︀ Thailand taxes "foreign" profits of domestic companies? Maybe it would be sufficient to just use︁ a non-Thai broker and not bring the money into Thailand?
At the same time, you're telling the Thai tax authority that it shouldn't be treated like a Thai company because it is registered outside of Thailand.
What?
The whole idea relies on the fact that the Thai tax authority will never actually question this or talk to their German counterpart.
What will you do when the German tax authority asks for documentation from their Thai colleagues that the company is considered tax resident in Thailand?
And if it is considered tax resident in Thailand, why not just use a Thai company? Are we even sure that︀ Thailand taxes "foreign" profits of domestic companies? Maybe it would be sufficient to just use︁ a non-Thai broker and not bring the money into Thailand?
You have a point, maybe the whole idea relies on that no one will never︄ ask, because no crs... It is goofy risky. But I am more interested in what︅ you mentioned too.
What is about using brokers and trading instruments? How you make your︆ profit from it, just on trading? Like you can lose quite enough of your profits︇ by just trading... as i see it. I am noob, how it works?
What is about using brokers and trading instruments? How you make your︆ profit from it, just on trading? Like you can lose quite enough of your profits︇ by just trading... as i see it. I am noob, how it works?
Yeah, that as well. The part about how to consistently be profitable trading was missing from the post as well. ;-)
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