What changed in Thailand

Crypto gains are 0 percent from 2025 to 2029, but only inside Thailand's licensed exchanges

Crypto tax and legal status

The LTR visa is the one structure that escapes the remittance rule entirely

Personal income tax

High-frequency crypto trading risks being recharacterized as business income

Crypto tax and legal status

Offshore exchanges serving Thai users need a Thai licence, and some are already blocked

Crypto tax and legal status

Crypto gains on a foreign exchange fall outside the tax break and into the remittance rule

Crypto tax and legal status

Global minimum tax is live, but it only bites large multinational groups

Moving your company

Corporate tax is a flat 20 percent, with real relief for small companies and BOI-promoted ones

Moving your company

Most business activity needs 51 percent Thai ownership unless you qualify for an exemption

Moving your company

No wealth tax and no exit tax, inheritance and gift tax only bite at real thresholds

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

Dual nationality is tolerated in practice, though not guaranteed in writing

Permanent residency and citizenship

Naturalisation needs five years of permanent residence, not five years in Thailand

Permanent residency and citizenship

Permanent residence is capped at 100 people per nationality a year

Residency routes

The DTV is a bridge to test Thailand, not a long-term relocation status

Residency routes

Retirement visas need real, seasoned money on deposit

Residency routes

Thailand Privilege buys a long stay, not tax relief or a path to residence

Residency routes

The LTR visa is the flagship 10-year route, but eligibility is track-specific

Residency routes

Your Thai employer can gain a taxable presence in your destination country

Permanent establishment risk

Old-age pension accrual freezes the moment contributions stop

Pension

Without a Thailand tax treaty, dual residency risk has no referee

Personal income tax

Leaving Thai tax residency is automatic, based purely on your day count

Tax residency

Thai public healthcare does not travel with you

Healthcare coverage

Whether a work injury abroad is covered by Thai compensation law is unresolved

Disability and accident coverage

Employer-paid sick leave follows your Thai contract abroad

Sick leave

Thai severance protection travels with a Thai-law contract

Dismissal protection

Thai unemployment benefit cannot be claimed from abroad

Unemployment rights

Thai social security keeps running while you work abroad for your Thai employer

Social security

Working with company data from Thailand needs a transfer check

Data protection

One mandatory filing for everyone, more paperwork the longer you stay

Local registrations

Long stays can pull Thai labour protections into your employment relationship

Employment law

No public healthcare access, and insurance status is genuinely in flux

Healthcare coverage

No Thai social security applies, and there is no coordination safety net either

Social security

Your employer has no Thai payroll withholding duty

Employer payroll obligations

Contract authority or management from Thailand creates real PE exposure

Permanent establishment risk

Permanent establishment risk looks low for an individual contributor

Permanent establishment risk

No tax treaty means no relief if both countries tax the same income

Personal income tax

As a resident, foreign income is taxed the year you bring it in

Personal income tax

Physically working from Thailand may itself create taxable Thai-source income, even under 180 days

Personal income tax

Non-residents with no Thai clients owe no Thai income tax

Personal income tax

180 days or more makes you a Thai tax resident

Tax residency

Under 180 days keeps you a non-resident for Thai tax

Tax residency

Serving Thai clients or local business activity needs a real work permit

Right to work

The DTV legitimizes remote work, but only for foreign employers and clients

Right to work

Remote work on a tourist entry is not authorized, even though enforcement is light

Right to work

Long stays without a valid permit mean real overstay penalties

Immigration and visa

Past 90 days you need the DTV or LTR, arranged before you fly

Immigration and visa

The 60-day exemption is scheduled to shrink to 30

Immigration and visa

Past 60 days you need an in-person extension

Immigration and visa

Visa-free entry to Thailand for up to 60 days

Immigration and visa