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What Clients Say About Working with anantarda
Unfiltered accounts from foreign residents, business owners, and finance directors who have worked with our practice on Thai tax matters.
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Years Established
340+
Clients Served
4.8
Average Client Rating
98%
On-Time Filing Rate
Client Reviews
From the People We Work With
"I'd been living in Thailand for six years without filing — a combination of not knowing I needed to and being unsure where to start. James walked me through the situation without any drama. We went back three years. The memorandum he produced for each year made it clear what we'd claimed and why. Sorted, and nothing like as complicated as I'd feared."
David Hartley
Retired, British — Bangkok
March 2025
"We asked anantarda to review our annual CIT filing before submission. The memorandum they delivered flagged two items we'd been handling incorrectly in our intercompany billing — not dramatically, but enough to matter. The written record was useful to present to our board. We'll use them again next year."
Saoirse Vance
Finance Director, Irish — Silom
February 2025
"Setting up our VAT registration was the part of our Thai company setup I felt least certain about. Priya went through the threshold calculation with us, explained when voluntary registration made sense for our type of business, and handled the registration filing. She also suggested a simple invoicing structure we hadn't considered."
Marcus Nilsson
Entrepreneur, Swedish — Sathorn
April 2025
"My situation was a little unusual — pension income from two countries, some rental income here, and a part-time consulting arrangement. The return took a bit longer than a simple employment case but they were thorough and transparent throughout. I saw every figure before it was filed."
François Renaud
Retired consultant, French — Chiang Mai
March 2025
"The corporate review was exactly what our board needed ahead of our first Thai filing. They identified that our management fee arrangement with the Singapore parent hadn't been documented to the standard the Revenue Department expects. Useful to know before an audit, not during one."
Amara Leerattanakit
MD, Thai — Asok
January 2025
"I'd used a general accountant before who wasn't familiar with how the 2024 remittance rules applied to my situation. anantarda knew the detail. James was straightforward about what was clear in the rules and where some uncertainty remained — which I appreciated more than false confidence."
Katherine Morrow
Consultant, Australian — Phuket
April 2025
Case Studies
How Engagements Have Worked in Practice
Case Study 01 — Personal Tax, Late Filing
The Situation
A British retiree had been resident in Thailand for eight years and had never filed a Thai personal income tax return, despite receiving UK pension income remitted to a Thai bank account.
Our Approach
We reviewed the client's residency status, the applicable UK-Thailand double-taxation agreement, and bank records going back four years. We prepared a voluntary disclosure covering three assessable years.
The Outcome
Returns for three years filed without Revenue Department challenge. The client now files annually as a matter of course. Total engagement time: six weeks from document collection to final filing.
"Relief is the right word." — client, January 2025
Case Study 02 — Corporate Review, Related-Party Pricing
The Situation
An SME with a foreign parent company was paying management fees to the parent at a rate set several years prior, without contemporaneous documentation of the arm's-length basis.
Our Approach
We reviewed the transaction against the Revenue Department's guidance on related-party pricing, assessed whether the rate fell within a defensible range, and drafted a transfer pricing memorandum for the client's file.
The Outcome
The client had a documented position before the annual filing and a clear record to present if the arrangement were ever queried. The filing itself proceeded without adjustment. Engagement time: three weeks.
"Exactly the kind of second opinion we needed." — Finance Director, March 2025
Case Study 03 — VAT Registration, Voluntary Registration Decision
The Situation
A Swedish entrepreneur running a digital services business from Bangkok was below the ฿1.8 million mandatory threshold but was considering voluntary registration to recover VAT on significant software costs.
Our Approach
We modelled the input tax recovery position against the client's current and projected revenue mix, reviewed whether any supplies would be zero-rated or exempt, and assessed the administrative cost of monthly filing against the recovery benefit.
The Outcome
Voluntary registration recommended and completed. The client established a simple invoicing template and monthly filing procedure. Estimated annual VAT recovery more than offset advisory and compliance costs. Engagement time: one week.
"Made sense once someone had actually run the numbers." — client, April 2025
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