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Expat Income Tax
Published on 19/12/2025
» If you stay more than 180 days in any calendar year in Thailand, you are considered a Thai tax resident, and since the beginning of 2024, any money you remit, or bring into the country, is assessable for income tax. To explain, Dave Kendall is joined by Carl Turner, Co-founder of Expat Tax Thailand, and Sarawoot Intapanom, the firm's Strategic Government Advisor, on the Bangkok Post’s “Deeper Dive” podcast.
Deeper Dive podcast: Roots of Thai-Cambodian border conflict
Dave Kendall, Published on 24/08/2025
» The long-simmering conflict between Thailand and Cambodia over the demarcation of their 817km border has exploded in 2025, with batteries of air strikes and heavy artillery that have killed more than 40 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Deeper Dive: Legalising casinos in Thailand
Dave Kendall, Published on 22/07/2025
» The bill that would have legalised casinos in Thailand was recently withdrawn - but because of the money to be made and the tourists to be attracted, the issue will soon be back in play. But what about the potential downsides - an increase in crime and gambling addiction? On this episode of Deeper Dive, Dave Kendall speaks with an expert in the field of building entertainment complexes with casinos in countries where they were previously illegal: Bo Bernhard, Vice President of Economic Development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Thailand weighs casino legalisation
Dave Kendall, Published on 08/07/2025
» As Thailand edges closer to legalising casinos under its proposed Entertainment Complex Bill, the debate over potential benefits and risks is intensifying.
Should casinos be legalised in Thailand?
Dave Kendall, Published on 12/06/2025
» The Entertainment Complex bill, with its legalisation of casinos, is one of the hottest topics in Thailand.
Aid cuts could affect US itself
Dave Kendall, Published on 02/05/2025
» "Armageddon" is the word veteran human rights campaigner Phil Robertson uses to describe the sudden shutdown of most of the US' aid programmes around the world.
Deeper Dive: How US aid shutdown affects Thailand
Dave Kendall, Published on 17/04/2025
» US President Donald Trump has cut off most of America’s foreign aid programmes, directly affecting Thailand and its neighbours. The affected projects range from hospitals and refugee support to earthquake relief and clean energy, and people have already died as a result.
Vaping a way to cut smoking death toll?
Dave Kendall, Published on 17/03/2025
» An average of 47 people in Thailand die from smoking cigarettes every day, while there has not been a single recorded death here from using e-cigarettes.
Deeper Dive Thailand: Is vaping safer than smoking cigarettes?
Dave Kendall, Published on 24/02/2025
» Over the past 20 years, fewer than 100 people worldwide have died from vaping, while more than 100 million people have died from smoking regular cigarettes. In Thailand, the tobacco death toll is 71,000 people each year, and from vaping – zero. So why are cigarettes available in every convenience store, while e-cigarettes are banned?
Deeper Dive: What's behind Thailand's flooding?
Dave Kendall, Published on 29/11/2024
» In the second half of 2024, 42 out of the 77 Thai provinces faced flooding. At least 50 people were killed and billions of baht were lost in damages to property and farmland.