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The US government is not going to check to see if you were working legally in Thailand, and the Thai govt will never know that you were working, so why bother trying to get a work permit?

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If you ever get audited, trouble. The thing is it is nearly impossible to get a work permit. So if you claim that you are working legally from Thailand, it is a risk tax-wise. GL

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You French guys should come to Vientiane since we have French-speaking bargirls here. This might be a better place to surrender your money.

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I'd like to spend some time there but the "no internet in hotel room" stuff is a pain in the butt.

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You French guys should come to Vientiane since we have French-speaking bargirls here. This might be a better place to surrender your money.

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when i go broke, ill be there
so maybe in a month

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If you are outside of the USA for at least 330 days in any given tax year then your first 80k is 100% tax free. There are certain limitations to this law though so you should read up on the specifics. 'Self employment income' is not covered by this break. Im not sure if poker winnings falls under this category so if it doesnt then you should be home free.

The tax break alone is more then enough reason to live in Thailand if you are making more then 80k playing.

Additionally, under certain circumstances you can deduct your housing costs among other things. So if you make more then 80k you could still take some nice deductions off the rest.

(My uncle is a CPA and did my taxes and I paid almost nothing while living in Thailand for 2+ years)

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I think you have to be working legally in Thailand to file for that exclusion. It is technically illegal to work under a tourist visa not to mention illegal to gamble in Thailand so I think you can only exclude foreign income if you had a work permit in Thailand. (not easy to obtain)

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i never saw anything about this in publication 54.

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You French guys should come to Vientiane since we have French-speaking bargirls here. This might be a better place to surrender your money.

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I'd like to spend some time there but the "no internet in hotel room" stuff is a pain in the butt.

[/ QUOTE ] The nice hotels have wifi. I can get a really fast (for here) wifi connection until 7 PM 6 days a week in my $7/night guesthouse which is the main reason I'm still staying there.

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You French guys should come to Vientiane since we have French-speaking bargirls here. This might be a better place to surrender your money.

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I'd like to spend some time there but the "no internet in hotel room" stuff is a pain in the butt.

[/ QUOTE ] The nice hotels have wifi. I can get a really fast (for here) wifi connection until 7 PM 6 days a week in my $7/night guesthouse which is the main reason I'm still staying there.

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Then I'll probably come for a few weeks around march to escape the thai summer.

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wowowowowow

did you say you live in a house that costs 7$ a night?

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Yeah, I have a room with air conditioning, a private bathroom, and cable TV. I was going to get a house/apartment a month ago but then I got mugged and only just got my credit card replacements. It won't really be worth it now because the costs of getting broadband are pretty high. If I come back to Laos after my 2-4 weeks in the US for Christmas, I'm going to get a nice house with a good internet connection.

Apparently there's a hostel here that costs $1/night.

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im simply a whore.

im trying to change.

Hopefully ill be on thai TV soon :*]
thai brad pitt on its way

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Hmmmm... Jappen might beat you to this, he is somewhere doing a job as a model right now!

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im simply a whore.

im trying to change.

Hopefully ill be on thai TV soon :*]
thai brad pitt on its way

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Hmmmm... Jappen might beat you to this, he is somewhere doing a job as a model right now!

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You mean the porn movie with the ladyboy and the gay midget?

BTW yesterday we went to party with a group of girls including a midget

midgets are hilarious