Toni989 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:47 am
Anyone explain me roght now how i calculate taxes ?? WHO expert!
Taxes are easy. WHO expert ... ???? Not sure what that means.
Taxes
VAT ..... on everything, almost, and 7 %. Possibly going to 10 % in the future. A sales tax, and usually, usually included in total price stated.
Excise tax, collected with big purchases, again, included with final price. Vehicle for instance, maybe 20+ % of the total cost or more. Something you won't really see, as stated, in the final price already.
Income tax....Google for that, and explains as a sliding rate. Retired, so can't relate. Low income, -0- to not much, and sliding % upward as income increases.
RE Taxes......this is the big one, and why Thailand is so appealing to me, a Yank. Virtually, nonexistent, for your basic housing, wife owning. A beer (1) at the bar can be more expensive than the yearly RE Tax. In the USA, last RE Tax bill was $4000 USD, yearly, for just one house, and in a crap school district, which a good portion was the 'school tax'. That was over 20 years ago, so the new 'socialist USA', guessing that's a lot more now.
RE Taxes and healthcare cost, or lack of, make Thailand very affordable. Don't really notice any other cost benefits from living here.
Unless seasoned traveller, for inexpensive beach holiday, or being sex tourist / sexpat. Anything 'western' sold here is usually more expensive, and a crappy version, from a Yank point of view.