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Working Remotely From A Tropical Island In Thailand

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Re: Working Remotely From A Tropical Island In Thailand

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Post by ben_pr »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #104
ben_pr wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Best to find a job in the states that lets you work remotely. I have not had any problems with the internet here either DSL or cable. For the most part of the year it is the same time as ET zone so it works out nicely for east coast jobs.

Can I just clarify - you work remotely for NY finance industry, at presumably near NY rates, paying 4% coproation tax and no tax on dividends from that income? With tropical weather. What's the schooling like?

That is how it works.

Public schools are a no go. There are some good private schools and a large number of homeschoolers. Don't know much about the colleges here but probably not good.

Puerto Rico is part of the united states, just not a state, which means no visa required, same currency, and etc.

Additional info on tax benefits: http://puertoricotaxincentives.com/act-20-export-services-ac...

Re: Working Remotely From A Tropical Island In Thailand

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Post by wila »

znq wrote: post #100
ashconnor wrote: post #87

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>In European countries for example you only become a tax resident if you spend more than 183 days there. Pity Thais cannot easily come to Spain and work illegally. Despite what you've said it's blatant public abuse of the tourist visa system in Thailand. Honestly when I see blog posts like this my opinion of the author and company goes down considerably. Breaking the rules and publishing the fact that you are makes m…

Actually Thai people can do exactly the same. While from a legal perspective it might be all correct what you're saying, I think that most people simply have more important matters to worry about. For example, it's also illegal to cross a red traffic light as a pedestrian at 3am in the night on a deserted street. That doesn't mean that it is immoral or that it causes harm to anyone. And I wouldn't even want to know a…

> Actually Thai people can do exactly the same.

Not really. Thai people do not easily get a tourist visa for visiting Europe. There's a whole bunch of constraints to keep them out.

Re: Working Remotely From A Tropical Island In Thailand

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Post by franrull »

[deleted] wrote: post #66

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For a person trying to make a point about having a legal business in Thailand (sorry for the fortune spent) and hiring local people, you're actually being quite offensive calling them local retards. I'm sure those "retards" are not so much retarded if you actually funded a profitable company there, dou*bag. Or was it just because your charming personality?

Re: Working Remotely From A Tropical Island In Thailand

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Post by ashconnor »

znq wrote: post #100
ashconnor wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>In European countries for example you only become a tax resident if you spend more than 183 days there. Pity Thais cannot easily come to Spain and work illegally. Despite what you've said it's blatant public abuse of the tourist visa system in Thailand. Honestly when I see blog posts like this my opinion of the author and company goes down considerably. Breaking the rules and publishing the fact that you are makes m…

Actually Thai people can do exactly the same. While from a legal perspective it might be all correct what you're saying, I think that most people simply have more important matters to worry about. For example, it's also illegal to cross a red traffic light as a pedestrian at 3am in the night on a deserted street. That doesn't mean that it is immoral or that it causes harm to anyone. And I wouldn't even want to know a…

My beef is not that you worked illegally in Thailand. It's the fact that you wrote this up, didn't mention the fact that it's not above aboard, which promotes others to emulate you without warning, and published under your own name which is foolish at best and could end up with you being deported at worse.

There's been around eight of these posts of 'Digital Nomads' working in Thailand and not one of them bothered to mention that they were breaking the law.

Re: Working Remotely From A Tropical Island In Thailand

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Post by javert »

franrull wrote: post #115
[deleted] wrote: post #66

[deleted]

For a person trying to make a point about having a legal business in Thailand (sorry for the fortune spent) and hiring local people, you're actually being quite offensive calling them local retards. I'm sure those "retards" are not so much retarded if you actually funded a profitable company there, dou *bag. Or was it just because your charming personality?

I think he was just talking about the people doing wordpress/joomla development, not locals in general.

Re: Working Remotely From A Tropical Island In Thailand

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Post by franrull »

javert wrote: post #118
franrull wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For a person trying to make a point about having a legal business in Thailand (sorry for the fortune spent) and hiring local people, you're actually being quite offensive calling them local retards. I'm sure those "retards" are not so much retarded if you actually funded a profitable company there, dou *bag. Or was it just because your charming personality?

I think he was just talking about the people doing wordpress/joomla development, not locals in general.

Probably so, still you're not a retard simply because you work developing Wordpress or Joomla sites. The condescendent and aggressive tone of the reply makes me read nothing but "boo-hoo" from the typical hater that finds joys in arguing over everything. Instead of focusing in the learning experiences and interesting facts of the blog post, starting with a "yawn" doesn't make very constructive does it?

Re: Working Remotely From A Tropical Island In Thailand

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Post by Svenstaro »

72deluxe wrote: post #65
normloman wrote: post #34

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The more time I spend here, the more I suspect that HN is populated with single 20 year olds with no friends or family. Thus, they create a "work family" to fill their social needs. The result is insular teams with mandatory beer pong tournaments.

I am not in my 20s and I do have a family, but that's a feeling I get here too! There also appears to be a strong dislike of older proven languages (don't ever mention the word C++) and a faddish obsession with newer younger languages. Perhaps it goes with the crowd? Or are my conclusions inaccurate?

Eh frankly I think we all pretty much like modern C++ here judging by the posts that get upvoted.
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