I received this today.

I've told them that I shall write to them and hopefully the matter may be concluded before Christmas.
 
Just back from Pattaya & there s a letter waiting for me from NatWest,Cust Tax Operations,Wymondham with a NR postcode which I assume is in"Norwich"area) asking me to
complete form & must be certified by Solr,Accountant or Embassy official.
Saying they have a Legal requirement to identify your tax residences. I thought the Tex Revenue did all that,not high street Bank Branches?
Any ideas? Has anyone else (UK Ex-pats) rec d anything similar?
About 12mths ago I had letter similar to Yorkies,saying they d close my a/c if I didn t get form signed. In my case I went & bothered the Bk/Manager at Bangkok Bank & he
willingly signed copy of my passport.
 
EnglishAlan said:
Just back from Pattaya & there s a letter waiting for me from NatWest,Cust Tax Operations,Wymondham with a NR postcode which I assume is in"Norwich"area) asking me to
complete form & must be certified by Solr,Accountant or Embassy official.
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My letter didn't appear to want any certification of the form if I accepted that I was "Tax Resident in Thailand". However, it's not 100% clear. I have written to them for clarification so I may hear something by early November.
 
EnglishAlan said:
About 12mths ago I had letter similar to Yorkies,saying they d close my a/c if I didn t get form signed. In my case I went & bothered the Bk/Manager at Bangkok Bank & he willingly signed copy of my passport.
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And only a week ago the same organisation told me that they couldn't accept a Kasikorn official because their head office is in Thailand. I get the impression that they make it up as they go along!
 
EnglishAlan said:
Just back from Pattaya & there s a letter waiting for me from NatWest,Cust Tax Operations,Wymondham with a NR postcode which I assume is in"Norwich"area) asking me to
complete form & must be certified by Solr,Accountant or Embassy official.
Saying they have a Legal requirement to identify your tax residences. I thought the Tex Revenue did all that,not high street Bank Branches?
Any ideas? Has anyone else (UK Ex-pats) rec d anything similar?
About 12mths ago I had letter similar to Yorkies,saying they d close my a/c if I didn t get form signed. In my case I went & bothered the Bk/Manager at Bangkok Bank & he
willingly signed copy of my passport.
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Yorky said:
And only a week ago the same organisation told me that they couldn't accept a Kasikorn official because their head office is in Thailand. I get the impression that they make it up as they go along!
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Not the same organisation.......
 
Now I am totally confused. I am not registered with the Thai Authorities and I do not pay any personal income tax in Thailand. However, I am registered with the Tax Man in the UK, tax is deducted on my UK income and I receive routine correspondence in Thailand from the UK Tax Man including my personal tax allowance. As far as I am concerned I am registered/resident in the UK for tax purposes even though I am ordinarily non-resident. So how can I be tax resident in Thailand? Don't understand what this is all about and, fortunately, my International Bank (Lloyds) have not requested said information.
 
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Yorky said:
My letter didn't appear to want any certification of the form if I accepted that I was "Tax Resident in Thailand". However, it's not 100% clear. I have written to them for clarification so I may hear something by early November.
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Alan: see the link posted by CO-CO : http://personal.natwest.com/global/operational-tax-services.html

Extract: "If you agree with the information outlined in the letter you are only required to return the completed form to confirm this as being correct."

The problem is that if "Tax Resident in Thailand" they require you to give them your Thai TIN (Tax Identification Number) which I do not have and I doubt that you do. This was the subject of my request for clarification letter.
 
nomad97 said:
Now I am totally confused. I am not registered with the Thai Authorities and I do not pay any personal income tax in Thailand. However, I am registered with the Tax Man in the UK, tax is deducted on my UK income and I receive routine correspondence in Thailand from the UK Tax Man including my personal tax allowance. As far as I am concerned I am registered/resident in the UK for tax purposes even though I am ordinarily non-resident. So what how can I be tax resident in Thailand? Don't understand what this is all about and, fortunately, my International Bank (Lloyds) have not requested said information.
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FFS Nomad Yorky is struggling enough with this concept!!

Now..... do you bank with Lloyds Bank (an international bank) or with Lloyds Bank International ?? :smiley:


http://international.lloydsbank.com...=1&gclid=CIGCrvOr-dUCFVbOjgodhg8HGg&gclsrc=ds


https://www.lloydsbank.com/
 
Yorky said:
They wrote to me from there.
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Unusual to have 'tax operations' for the UK and non-UK (Channel Islands) in the same office........... especially Wymondham... loverly place but exactly a financial hub of anywhere.
 
Yorky said:
Alan: see the link posted by CO-CO : http://personal.natwest.com/global/operational-tax-services.html
Extract: "If you agree with the information outlined in the letter you are only required to return the completed form to confirm this as being correct."

The problem is that if "Tax Resident in Thailand" they require you to give them your Thai TIN (Tax Identification Number) which I do not have and I doubt that you do. This was the subject of my request for clarification letter.
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I have one. Used it some 20 years ago to claim back tax deducted from a Thai bank savings account.
 
Yorky said:
Alan: see the link posted by CO-CO : http://personal.natwest.com/global/operational-tax-services.html
http://personal.natwest.com/global/operational-tax-services.html
Extract: "If you agree with the information outlined in the letter you are only required to return the completed form to confirm this as being correct."

The problem is that if "Tax Resident in Thailand" they require you to give them your Thai TIN (Tax Identification Number) which I do not have and I doubt that you do. This was the subject of my request for clarification letter.
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You are NOT required to give a TIN.
 
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