Remit180 · Thailand Remittance Tax Kit
Thailand's foreign-income remittance rules, explained in plain English, with a ledger to track every transfer
A members’ guide to the rules on bringing foreign money into Thailand since 2024, with a ledger to record every transfer, a filing checklist and dated updates when the official sources change.
General information, not tax advice.
The guide’s pages
- Start here · Last updated 27 October 2026
- The rule in plain English · Last updated 27 October 2026
- Are you a Thai tax resident? · Last updated 27 October 2026
- What counts as bringing money in · Last updated 28 October 2026
- Savings from before 2024 · Last updated 28 October 2026
- Double tax treaties and credits · Last updated 28 October 2026
- Using the ledger · Last updated 27 October 2026
- Filing checklist · Last updated 27 October 2026
- Records to keep · Last updated 27 October 2026
- Worked example 1: mixed money from investments · Last updated 28 October 2026
- Worked example 2: foreign cards and ATMs in Thailand · Last updated 28 October 2026
- Worked example 3: giving money to your spouse · Last updated 28 October 2026
- Worked example 4: tax treaties and foreign tax credits · Last updated 28 October 2026
- Worked example 5: pensions from abroad · Last updated 28 October 2026
- What's still pending · Last updated 28 October 2026
- Sources · Last updated 28 October 2026
How updates work
We check the official Revenue Department and Royal Gazette pages every week. When something changes, the affected pages get a new “Last updated” date, the changelog gets a dated entry and members get an email listing what changed. Updates
Questions
- Do I pay Thai tax on money I bring in from abroad?
Only if you are a Thai tax resident for that year and the money is foreign income that arose on or after 1 January 2024. Since 2024, the Revenue Department taxes that income in the year you bring it into Thailand, whenever you earned it. Savings you held before 2024 are not taxed when you bring them in. Source: Revenue Department Orders Por. 161/2566 and 162/2566.
- Who counts as a Thai tax resident?
Anyone in Thailand for 180 days or more in a calendar year. The Revenue Department hasn't said how arrival and departure days are counted, so the kit counts both, and labels that as our cautious reading. Source: Revenue Code section 41.
- Is money I saved before 2024 taxed when I bring it in?
No, as long as you can show it was yours before 1 January 2024. Keep a bank statement showing the 31 December 2023 balance. A gain on an investment sold from 2024 onwards is new income, even if you bought the investment earlier; the guide explains our cautious reading of how much of the gain counts.
- Does tax I paid in another country count?
Often, yes. If Thailand has a tax treaty with that country, Thai tax on the same income can usually be reduced by the foreign tax you paid, up to the Thai tax on that income. Some treaties instead let only one country tax certain income, such as some pensions. The guide covers the UK, US, Australian, German and French treaties.
- Do card payments and ATM withdrawals from a foreign account count?
The Revenue Department hasn't said. The guide gives our cautious reading, which is to record them in the ledger as money brought into Thailand.
- Is this tax advice?
No. It is general information from official sources, with the date each source was checked. For your own situation, check with a Thai-licensed tax adviser or the Revenue Department. No tax adviser has reviewed the guide.
- Do you file for me, or tell me what I owe?
No. The kit explains the rules and helps you keep your records in order, so you or your adviser can work out what you owe and file.
- What do I get, and what does it cost?
A one-time payment of ฿990 (about US$29), charged to your card in Thai baht (THB). The US dollar figure is an estimate: your bank sets the final amount in your own currency and may add its own foreign-exchange fee. You get 16 guide pages, a PDF of the guide, a ledger as Excel and CSV files, a filing checklist, and update emails and a dated changelog for 12 months when an official source changes.
- How do I sign in?
With your email. We send a one-time sign-in link, so there is no password.
- Can I get a refund?
Only for the cases in our refund policy: a broken file or access, a duplicate purchase or a payment error. There is no money-back guarantee.
Get an email when Thailand’s foreign-income tax rules change
Free. Usually a few emails a year. General information, not tax advice.