by Tony in Thailand | Sep 27, 2018 | Retirement
WARNING FOR AUSTRALIAN EXPATS, who have a family home in Australia they might want to sell in the future. I received this information from Angelo, a reader of the blog who keeps in touch with tax issues relating to Aussie expats. You might already know of this new...
by Tony in Thailand | Feb 8, 2018 | Retirement
A very different theme to this post from the last two relaxed gardening stories. It is aimed directly at Australians who are thinking of or planning to retire and move overseas to take up permanent residence and has less relevance to other nationalities (skip the...
by Tony in Thailand | Dec 30, 2015 | General Information, Retirement
This is me researching a reply to a reader’s question. I receive many emails from readers asking specific questions about some aspect of living in or moving to Thailand. When I write a new post I try to include as many tips and hints I can think of that relate...
by Tony in Thailand | Dec 7, 2015 | Retirement
Introduction: I started this story a while back intending to make it my 200th entry to the blog, which coincided with my second anniversary in Thailand. This milestone seemed like a good time to review how retirement is working out for me here and also to reflect on...
by Tony in Thailand | Nov 18, 2015 | General Information, Retirement
This is a specialised post that will only be of interest to expats in Thailand but it does give others a taste of the fairly minor bureaucracy hurdles we expats have to schedule into life here in order to continue to enjoy the very generous Thai hospitality. We have...
by Tony in Thailand | Sep 23, 2015 | General Information, Retirement
Updated 10 Aug 2017: Based on a comment made below I have checked out the 90 Day Reporting website HERE and as of today it seems to be back working. I haven’t a report due so can’t say if it will do the job right the way through but I do have a report due...
by Tony in Thailand | Sep 6, 2015 | General Information, Retirement
My blog is intended to be a record of settling into and living in Thailand and doesn’t really set itself up to be an authority on things like the Thai visa system. The problem is that the rules keep changing and the best way to find out what’s happening is...
by Tony in Thailand | Aug 6, 2015 | General Information, Retirement
Updated 11 Feb 2016: Updated 22 December 2015: The petrol prices here dropped again last week and unlike Australia, where the government keeps prices artificially high with a heavy tax slug, we get the true benefit of low world oil costs: Updated on 22 November 2015:...
by Tony in Thailand | Jul 12, 2015 | General Information, Retirement
This is a brief addition to the blog more of interest to those who are living here or plan to do so at some stage than general readers. Update 16 Nov 2015: A reader of the blog has let me know about an article he published on his Thai blog relating to Thai health...
by Tony in Thailand | Mar 5, 2015 | Retirement
A good article published in The Canberra Times and others. It has been obviously written from an Australian viewpoint but some general points of interest for other nationalities too. This link HERE is to the Sydney Morning Herald version Stretched? Try calling Asia...
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