This is a new one on me.
My pal lives in Pattaya and is reasonably financially secure. He decided to send his three adult offspring back in the UK 10,000 GBPs a piece. He has his state pension and a local authority pension and some savings.
He sent the three cheques off and soon received a phone call from his daughter who had taken her cheque into her bank to deposit it. She was informed that deposits over 3,000 pounds were now subject to a tax. This is possibly because the sum was a gift, she did not clarify the reason nor did she tarry to find out how much the tax would be, she simpl