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[Pappiklon]

anyway, I guess the lesson is...if you have owned the condo for close to 5 years, wait just a bit more before selling and then save the 3.3% SBT tax  (if not, see if its possible to get your name on the household registration to save the tax)....
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The following link might be useful for calculating taxes etc with and without the book:
[url="http://www.acuterealty.com/calculator.asp"]http://www.acuterealty.com/calculator.asp[/url]

[Firefan]

Only saw your post now - thanks for the link to the nice little calculator (they need to remove the "no withholding tax if lived in condo in year 2540"). So on a 10Mill Baht condo we are talking a saving of 330.000 Baht for the hassle of getting in the book - surely worth it for most. Cheers!

[BlackJack]

I have my name and address in both a yellow and blue house book .

To get them was a very frustrating experience as i initially just wanted to get the electricity connection changed to my name (after buying a condo). However, at the end of the day I walked out with the Yellow Book.

I was not sure of its importance.

The Household Registration Book comes Under article 97 of the Household Registration Regulations of 1992.

Yesterday after reading a case related artical in the Nation I checked my book and found that i have been issued with the Yellow Book in my name, address and also with a Thai ID 13 digit number.

So go figure.

I have to extend my Retirement visa soon and so I will be placing the Yellow book on top to test its power.

more later.

[Firefan]

Are you sure you also have your name in the BLUE book - and not just the address? At least that is what I ended up with (2 books, address in both but only NAME in the yellow book). Only permanent residents (PR) or nationals should be able to get name in blue book (as owner). But TIT - so who knows? Cheers and happy holidays!