Thailand.

On foreign-source income earned and held abroad, yes. Thai-source income — a Thai client, a Thai employer, Thai property — is taxed normally. The 2024 amendment tightened remittance rules but left foreign earnings kept abroad untaxed. There are clean ways to bring money in without paying tax you don't owe, and we build the structure with you.

For tax residency, yes — 180 days inside Thailand in a calendar year. For the visa itself, no: you can stay in 180-day blocks per entry and reset by exiting and re-entering. Most members choose the 180-day route anyway, because it produces the tax-residency certificate that closes their EU file.

Yes. The DTV covers a spouse and children under 20. International schools in Bangkok and Chiang Mai run €8–25k a year.

Three options: keep it and manage withholding properly, wind it down cleanly with our help, or migrate the operating company to a Thai or third-country structure. We pick the one that keeps your client contracts intact and your tax footprint cleanest.

Diagnosis call this week. DTV application kit ready the next. Most members land in Bangkok six to ten weeks after they sign with us, with the visa in hand.

About THB 500,000 (≈€13,000) in your bank account, shown on your statements.

No. The visa decides whether you can stay; your days in the country decide where you pay tax. Spend 180 days or more in Thailand in a calendar year and you are a tax resident for that year. Spend fewer and you are not, whatever visa you hold. More in our guide to the 180-day rule.

Then Thailand won't treat you as a tax resident, and your old country may keep claiming you. Being resident nowhere doesn't hold up in practice. If the point is to close your file in Europe, plan the year so you reach 180 days.

Money you earned since 1 January 2024 is taxed in the year you bring it in, even if you earned it years before. Savings from before 2024 come in tax-free, so keep the bank statements that show when you had them. If you already paid tax on that income in a country with a tax treaty, it counts against the Thai bill. More in our guide to the 2024 remittance rule.

No. The DTV is for remote work for employers and clients outside Thailand. Working for a Thai company or client needs a work permit, and that income is taxed in Thailand from the first baht.

The DTV doesn't require it, but you should have it. Your EU health card stops working the moment you leave Europe. Private cover runs €60–120 a month, and a serious hospital stay in Bangkok costs far more than that without it. More in our health insurance guide.

Only with serious capital. It asks for USD 1 million in assets plus USD 500,000 invested in Thailand. For most freelancers and founders, the DTV is the right fit. More in our LTR vs DTV comparison.