I am wondering if anyone has the same problem. I bought a watch from the Banana IT online shop. On the website, the product picture clearly stated that the product was eligible for the "easy e-receipt". Yet, I have not received anything on my email. I've contacted their customer service and got some confusing message indicating that I should buy products from their physical shops, not online, if I want to get a tax refund. Unfortunately, I can't get them to reply to any of my follow-up messages. Is anyone having a similar problem? Last year, I bought something online from them and had no problems getting the e-receipt back then...

Does anyone know how to get an ice skate instructor jobs at an ice skate rink in Thailand?

I used to be a professional figure skater but stopped for the pasts few years to focus on my higher education (still skated for fun occasionally though).

However, I’ve been wanting to find a job that I love doing and know how to do well—that is, ice skating—in Thailand. So, I tried finding an ice skate instructor job online, but couldn’t find any job postings or career pages in any ice rinks’ websites.

That said, how do I find this type of job? Is there some specific website I should look into or am I supposed to contact the ice rinks directly to inquire about job opportunities?

Any help and guidance would be much appreciated!

I'm Thai but currently don't live there, so most of my money is in banks outside of Thailand.

I'm thinking about buying a house to live in Thailand for about 7Mio Baht.

If I send the money to my thai bank account first, will I have to pay 35% tax?

I guess other options are sending the money directly to the seller from outside thailand, which will be difficult while in Thailand or using Wise, which I don't trust with large sums.

Hey guys,

I see that all the thai are now wearing this sport jerseys.

I would like to know if there is a place where I can produce some custom made with my own design ( logo of my businn ) , could buy around 50 to 100 units. We are next to Phuket and will travel to Kuala Lumpur soon, any idea ?

Our current fertility rate is 0.91, with only 462,240 live births in 2024, which is nearly the same amount of live births in Malaysia that year, despite our population being nearly double that of Malaysia.

The current monthly birth rate in January 2025 (36,850) has also dropped by 8.4% compared to last January (40,235). If this trend continues to this year and the government doesn’t take action (Which I doubt they would do), we would surpass South Korea as the country with the lowest fertility rate on earth, despite being a developing country.

Snapped while stationary in exit ramp grid lock, ironically.

Thinking of starting a business in Thailand but I would need to hire a full time translator. I will be taking Thai language courses to learn conversational Thai, but for business I would prefer to have accurate translations with no chance for misinterpretation. I would prefer someone that speaks Thai as a native language whose English is fluent. If they spent a year or more overseas in an English speaking country it would be a bonus. Age, sex, looks, all that doesn't matter. Tattoos or piercings don't matter either. Just their grasp of both Thai and English.

A college degree would also be preferred but not totally necessary. I would like to pay market value hourly plus the opportunity to be awarded equity in the business if it is successful.

So what would be a fair starting hourly wage? Probably 20 hours a week to start and eventually 40 hours depending on growth.

As a side note I have been living on and off in Thailand for the last 9 years so I'm not new to the country or its customs. So no need of warnings or business advice. Just need advice on finding a translator.

Hey everyone,

I’m in Phuket and looking for a good place to buy bones (beef, chicken, or pork) to make homemade broth. I prefer free-range chicken and grass-fed beef, and I’m looking for high-quality options at a normal price—nothing overpriced but also not the lowest quality.

I’d also prefer to buy from a hygienic place rather than a market where the bones sit out in the sun all day. If you know any specific butchers, supermarkets, or stores that offer good options, I’d really appreciate the recommendations!

Thanks in advance!

With the 2024 tax returns due soon, and after the changes to tax for year 2024, I have a question.

My only income is a pension from a foreign government. This is paid into my Thai bank. My reading of the Double Tax Agreement between my country and Thailand is that the pension is taxable only in the foreign country because the pension is taxable income in my home country^*:

pensions paid to a resident of one of the contracting states shall be taxable only in that state

Seems clear, but after having a look at the PND 90 form I see no easy way to state that the money transferred into my Thai account from overseas (which the banks will report to the revenue department) is a pension payment and is not taxable. Maybe I could state that my assessible income was 0 baht and append documentation showing the transfers into my account were pension payments from a foreign government? Any other way to do this?

^* Edit: Added "taxable in foreign country" comment.

Hello folks, I‘m trying to get a grasp the situation of a friend. He‘s Thai and has to go back to his home city every few months for exams. He doesn’t go to a school regularly, just joining the exams.

Explanations attempts from his side failed as I couldn’t understand the circumstances. He just briefly explained it’s necessary exams for further education in the future.

Can anyone help me understand it. I know in European universities there is often no attendance required just the exams. Is it a similar case or how does it actually work here?

I've noticed that there are a lot of employees in various shops, often half of employees would probably complete the job needed, so why companies hire that many? Most places are overstaffed from business perspective. Obviously they have to pay them salary so it decreases their profits. As a customer of course I'm happy about it and happy that many people have jobs but am just curious to know logic behind it.

For example at the airport there was a guy who just kept doing hand movement of showing people to keep walking, well obviously everyone would keep walking even without him showing that, there were barriers so only one way to go.

So Ive never had a SubWay sandwich , but after seeing people in line , they must be something special . Have you had a SubWay sandwich in Thailand , if so are they worth getting in line for .

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Hello everyone.

From my understanding, the word ว่า can mean “that”, like in the phrase “คิดว่า“ or “I think that” whatever afterwards. But, in the sentence “ทายซิว่าฉันทำอะไรสุดสัปดาห์ที่ผ่านมา?” in particular, I don’t believe it’s being used as “that”. So what’s its [ว่า] purpose or meaning in the sentence?

Thanks 😅

Why is there so much pollution?

And I do not mean local shops or vendors who jack up the price as soon as they see I'm falang. I mean actual large corporations with solid track records.

My mouse stops working. Her: They sell something that's not good. Trying to cheat you! (Nope, needed to plug it in and recharge in the internal battery.)

Trouble navigating my Thai bank's web site. Her: Maybe they want to cheat you. (No, they changed some things around on the UI.)

And the latest, my medical insurance that I've had more than a year. She didn't believe the agent about using our nearest private hospital until we drove there (at her insistence) and had staff there look up my carrier and confirm coverage

Then there's the life insurance piece of my medical coverage. The payout figure showing on the carrier's app is what the agent told us it would be. The hard copy of the policy shows a much lower figure.

Her: He (the agent) lied. He wants to cheat you.

I told her maybe he just made a mistake, or someone else made a typo, or there was a glitch in their software and the figure didn't copy over correctly. She's not buying it; in her mind, the agent lied, and that's it. I tell her we need to get my questions answered first before we call someone a liar.

I’m looking to rent a condo with a years contract and I’m thinking of just paying the whole 12 months up front. I’ve done some googling but no solid answers so just coming on here to see if anyone else has done it and the experience they’ve had and if it’s something that most landlords would accept? I did read something about tax implications for the landlord but that’s all

This morning at 60 km from Bangkok !

How have other people been affected by the recent smog? It's been pretty annoying, and to top it off, there's been a power outage in my area.

Are Thai laws on evicting renters strong or weak like the UK giving tenants far too much power?

If someone did not pay their rent etc can you just change the locks ? What is the situation in Thailand? Asking as a am potentially looking to buy a condo.

Title. Following Trump's inauguration, he has messed with the FAA (for lack of a better word), 3 planes crashed in 4 days, and an entire air traffic tower in the SF Bay Area (thankfully not SFO) is unstaffed. Would Thailand still offer direct flights to the US?

I am working on my MUN, and i am supposed to pose as praphas charusatien in the vietnam conflict. Unfortunantely there are very limited resources or anything about him, could this subreddit help? all i know is that he was pro US and anti communist, he was the chief of thai royal army and the minister of interior. any info is appreciated, thanks!

I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask but my dad is visiting Bangkok and I want to buy a Corsair Vengeance RGB 16GB DDR5 6000MHz CL30 with AMD EXPO. The white variant isn’t available in my country, and I couldn’t get it from China because they don’t sell single sticks. It costs $75 here. Does anyone know where I can get it in Bangkok and how much it costs?

Saw this little guy on the sidewalk

Any radio stations that play indie or alternative music? Usually, university stations are the ones do this, but I don't know how is it over there? Thank you.

Few years ago I was really into Thai series, and I'd like to watch some again. Here are all the series I watched, if you have any recommendations based on this little list, it'd be nice :

- Girl From Nowhere (objectively not the best, but it got me into thai series so I have a lot of affection for this serie)

- The Judgement

- Underclass

- The Stranded

- All the Sleepless Society series ( 'Insomnia' is probably one of my favorite series ever)

So yeah, beside Underclass which is kind of inane and made for teenagers, I mostly watched dark and serious thing, and I'd like to see more series in this mood. So if you have any recommendation for me, please let me know ! You can also recommend any kind of series, I'm curious enough to take a look at anything. Thanks in advance.

I just got back from Thailand and the pollution/ air quality was really bad and i had already saw an article saying it was going to be bad prior. But i didn’t take it serious and i was out side everyday in Bangkok for long hrs, even exercised outside. Now im back home and i have a bad cough and mucus coming up. Its improved from when i first got back as its been a little over a week now. But what’s the best way to avoid this, wearing a mask next time? And if this has happened to you, what do you do to take care of it and get better? Been drinking lots of Mullen tea and taking cough medicine.