chickencurry

I wonder if someone can enlighten me on taxes in 2012?

We've been trying to sell our property for yonks now.  We have  had various interested parties but unfortunately they always seem to want to buy the land freehold.  This seems to be a problem.  We have the house freehold, but have the land as leasehold.  (We are expats)  It seems that assigning the lease to someone else is very simple procedure and not too much cost involved.  However, if we transfer from leasehold to freehold, even though the land is not ours, we get hit with Thai corporate tax of 30 percent.  It's a huge amount.  

We just had an estimate of costs from our Thai lawyer, which was  a really horrible amount.  The latest sale has just fell through once again.  But our lawyer is now indicating that there may be tax changes in 2012 but she says she cannot tell  us what.  Has anyone any thoughts on this?

Hello.  We're driving up from Malaysia to Phuket via Trang tomorrow.  We're hearing that there's intermittent shortages of foodstuffs in Phuket (knock on effect from the flooding) and just wondering what the situation is in the South.  Someone on the Phuket forum just said that the main Tesco is out of beer... mamma mia... what a disaster


I know there's a big Tops supermarket in Trang.  Anyone know what the situation is like in the south?  Thinking we might do a big stock up either just across the border at the new Tesco Lotus in Sadao, or even bigger stock up at Tops in Trang.

We will be driving from Penang to Phuket in a couple of months time.  We're wondering which is the best transit point between Malaysia and Thailand to use.  It seems most folks go via Bukit Kayu Hitam as the Malaysian expressway hits that point.  Just wondering about Wang Prachan crossing?  Is that quieter (quicker??) for passing through?

We're also considering whether to break the journey somewhere in southern Thailand - maybe Trang?  Or if going through Wang Prachan - maybe stop at Satun?

Has anyone any thoughts and experiences?  If we do make a stop, we are not looking for a Hilton ;-) just a half-decent hotel for one night stopover with Thai food and a beer will suffice (and parking I guess).

I've been here a while now but still haven't worked out exactly what Mid Year Closing Day (tomorrow July 1st) is all about - and does everywhere close?&nbsp; Can anyone tell me what it's all about?<br>

Whenever we are prescribed any medicines we look them up on google to see what exactly they are.  My other half has sprained a neck muscle and, amongst a bag of assorted goodies from the doc, he has been prescribed Relaxio.  Just cannot find it anywhere on the internet.  We are assuming a muscle relaxant but would be nice to know exactly what it is.  Anyone know?