Hua Hin Forum

Hi Jaime, I never had a problem with Budget either, I must have used them at least ten times to go up to Buriram and they have never made a fuss about the cleanliness of the vehicle. I just used to throw a bucket of water at it and a quick wipe to stop it looking like I had been ploughing with the t...

I’m a keen swimmer and if you want to swim lengths as opposed to splashing around the best pool I’ve found is at Palm Hills golf club, ( head towards Cha Am and turn left after the airport tunnel) they have an excellent 50m pool. You pay 200bt a visit or join the sport club for a month although ...

In Indonesia Bintang beer gives you a similar hangover to Chang, and everybody there blamed it on Formaldehyde being an ingredient. I used to think that this was ridiculous, but have a read of this news item about brewing in China; Chinese government and beer industry spokespeople this week defended...

One thing I always notice in Hua Hin at night is large numbers of couples on holiday wandering around trying to find somewhere respectable to drink. Many of them are staying in five star resort hotels, and have large disposable incomes. If its profitable to fit out expensive hotels, shops and restau...

Hi Adrian, I agree with all of the above, but just to add that if you go touring around the local streets, be aware that often the signs offering houses for rent don’t always refer to the house the sign is on. This is not to say that there is not a good deal to be had, but it can be a bit confusin...

Has anyone tried Citibank Bangkok, they say a credit card requires; For non-Thai nationals, Monthly incomes equals or exceeds 80,000 Baht Document for consideration* Photocopy of I.D. or state enterprise I.D. for Thai nationality; passport and work permit for foreigner nationality. Photocopy of hous...

If the house was owned by a thai company then surely you would have to pay corporate tax. For a foreign juristic person carrying on business in Thailand, the income tax imposed is 30% corporate income tax on net profits exceeding 3 million baht and 10% profit remittance tax on profits remitted abroad.

Lomuamart said, Steve G, we're talking about applying for a cc in Thailand, through a Thai bank. Not the UK. I was fully aware that the thread was about Thai bank credit cards, but as everybody is pointing out they are seemingly impossible to obtain, you can apply for a european credit card over the...

I realize it’s not possible for everybody but I’ve found it much easier to maintain UK credit cards on a mailing address, I have’nt lived there since 1991 but I still keep a bank account and several credit cards through my parents address.With internet and telephone banking you can transfer mo...

Burger wrote; Thailand and UK have a tax treaty, I thought that meant you only have to pay tax once in either of the countries ? Hi Burger, Sorry I didn’t make myself clear, the act I referred to was that which could be used if you brought back money without paying tax, it’s a tax evasion act.

In theory, if you repatriated profits from property brought as a company back to the UK, and you are still treated as a UK resident, you would have to pay income tax under ICTA 1988, sect.739-746. ( profit from assets transferred overseas )

I’ve seen Hobie cats down near Dolphin Bay resort ( approx. 50km south ) I don’t know if they belong to a resort or are privately owned.

Hi mongo, I have a friend from Manchester who has a similar effect on street dogs when he’s in HH. I used to wait for him sitting outside the old Hogsbreath bar, when there would be a tremendous commotion down the street. He would emerge running at the head of a pack of slavering hounds from hell....

I’ve just spent some time on the Bank of Thailand website reading up on foreign exchange regulations. I can’t find any regulation that allows a non Thai to take a sum of money out of the country greater than that which was brought in. This appears to mean that if you sell property at a profit, y...

I’m still not clear on this, if you sell a property owned by a company are you liable for corporation tax on the net profit at 30%. If you are, how exactly is net profit calculated, is it the difference between purchase and sale price?