Desk 2 · two destinations · US passport · verified 2026-08

Philippines vs Thailand

4 lenses differ (1 land · 3 overlay). Highlighted rows disagree.

Verified 2026-08Method SourcesNationality is fixed. Cells are filed on each dest tax hub. Overlays stay separate pair URLs.

Passport hub: From United States · home × land: US × Philippines · US × Thailand · Two passports on Philippines.

Side by side

Tax, stay and earn lenses from dest hubs — not invented fees. Purpose framing:

Work · remote · retire — which rows matter

Work — earn gate + tax days. Overlay for treaty short-stay.
Remote — stay instrument + foreign-income rule. Overlay for home traps.
Retire — stay instrument + pension articles on the overlay. Spend-down compare lives on ThonRetire.

Lens	Philippines	Thailand
Tax-residence day test	180 days Source NIRC §25(A) — aggregate stay of more than 180 days in any calendar year deems a nonresident alien engaged in trade or business Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	180 days Source Thailand Revenue Code §41 para 3 (rd.go.th/english/37749.html) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Foreign / worldwide income	yes Source NIRC §23(D) (RA 8424) — an alien individual, whether a resident or not, is taxable only on income from sources within the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Thailand Revenue Code §41 para 2 (bringing foreign assessable income into Thailand) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Top personal rate	35% Source BIR Form 1700 (Jan 2018 ENCS) TABLE 2 — Tax Rates effective January 1, 2023 and onwards (BIR CDN). Schedule matches RA 10963 (TRAIN) Sec. 24(A)(2)(a) post-2022 rates: 0/15/20/25/30/35 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	35% Source RD Guide to PIT Return 2024 (ภ.ง.ด.91) — official PDF rate table; matches thailand.go.th RD briefing (Revenue Code Amendment Act No. 44 B.E. 2560 schedule from tax year 2017). Note: rd.go.th/english/6045 still shows the pre-amendment 4m/35% top band and is not used for these cells. Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Long-stay instrument (filed)	yes Source PRA SRRV benefits — Multiple entry and indefinite stay (pra.gov.ph/SRRVisa) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	180 days Source Royal Thai Embassy Budapest DTV page — stay up to 180 days per entry Checked Aug 2026 · Band high · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Local earn gate (filed)	yes Source DOLE Department Order No. 248, Series of 2025 — New Rules and Regulations on the Employment of Foreign Nationals in the Philippines (official PDF on dole.gov.ph) — AEP required for foreign nationals in gainful employment unless exempted or excluded Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Royal Thai Embassy Budapest DTV page — tourist-class DTV; no Thai work permit; no work for Thai entities/clients Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Treaty (US)	yes Source US–Philippines Income Tax Convention, signed Manila 1 Oct 1976; entered into force 16 Oct 1982 (irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/philip.pdf) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source US–Thailand Income Tax Convention, signed Bangkok 26 Nov 1996; Art 30 general effective date 1 Jan 1998 (irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/thailand.pdf) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Employment short-stay	90 Source US–Philippines Convention Art 16(2)(a) — ≤90 days in the taxable year (NOT 183; unique short threshold among ThonExpat pairs) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	183 days Source US–TH DTA Art 16 Dependent Personal Services (IRS thailand.pdf); relief already flagged in us_th_ftc_relief_art25 — short-stay day ceiling Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Relief (double tax)	ordinary foreign tax credit Source US–Philippines Convention Art 23 — Relief from Double Taxation (US credits PH tax; PH credits US tax); saving-clause exception under Art 6(4) — IRS philip.pdf Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source US–TH DTA Art 16 Dependent Personal Services (IRS thailand.pdf); relief already flagged in us_th_ftc_relief_art25 — Article 25 ordinary credit Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Art 4	Cascade permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → citizenship Source US–Philippines Convention Art 3(2) dual-residence tie-breaker cascade Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	Cascade permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → nationality Source US–Thailand Convention Art 4(2) — dual-residence tie-breaker cascade Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
SSA / totalization	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include Thailand Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Treaty pensions	yes Source US–Philippines Convention Art 19 — social security/public pensions taxable only in the paying State; Art 6(4) saving-clause exception Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source US–Thailand Convention Art 20(2) — social security/public pensions taxable only in the paying State; exception to the saving clause Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Foreign-income hinge	yes Source NIRC §23(D) (RA 8424) — an alien individual, whether a resident or not, is taxable only on income from sources within the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Thailand Revenue Code §41 para 2 (bringing foreign assessable income into Thailand) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Home-side traps	yes Source nguon/US_SIDE_TRAPS.md — FBAR / Form 8938 / FEIE gates; PFIC & expatriation dollars not modelled Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source nguon/US_SIDE_TRAPS.md — FBAR / Form 8938 / FEIE gates; PFIC & expatriation dollars not modelled Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.

Philippines

Through a US lens

US → Philippines tax Stay Earn Tax hub Home × land desk

Earn doors: Teaching · Hospitality · Tech · Diving · Own a business · Legal

Thailand

Through a US lens

US → Thailand tax Stay Earn Tax hub Home × land desk

Earn doors: Teaching · Hospitality · Tech · Diving · Own a business · Legal · Massage · Tour guide · Regulated work

Other pairs

Vietnam vs ThailandUS Thailand vs MalaysiaUS Vietnam vs PortugalUS Philippines vs IndonesiaUS Malaysia vs PortugalUS Thailand vs PortugalUS

Cross-check

Cross-check US × Philippines

Home × land · US × Philippines Two dests · US From United States Philippines hub US → Philippines tax

US across six lands

Land	Treaty	Relief	SSA	Open
Vietnam	No treaty in force	domestic foreign tax credit only (Form 1116) — no in-force treaty Source IRS A–Z treaty list — US–Vietnam signed not in force; nguon/US_VN_DTA_STATUS.md Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA International Programs — Status of Totalization Agreements / POMS GN 01701.005 country table — Vietnam absent from agreements in force Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Vietnam
Thailand	yes Source US–Thailand Income Tax Convention, signed Bangkok 26 Nov 1996; Art 30 general effective date 1 Jan 1998 (irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/thailand.pdf) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source US–TH DTA Art 16 Dependent Personal Services (IRS thailand.pdf); relief already flagged in us_th_ftc_relief_art25 — Article 25 ordinary credit Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include Thailand Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Thailand
Indonesia	yes Source US–Indonesia Income Tax Convention signed Jakarta 11 July 1988; general effective date under Art 30: 1 January 1990 (irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/indo.pdf) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source US–Indonesia DTA Art 23 — foreign tax credit method (cell us_id_ftc_relief_art23 already filed) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Indonesia
PhilippinesHere	yes Source US–Philippines Income Tax Convention, signed Manila 1 Oct 1976; entered into force 16 Oct 1982 (irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/philip.pdf) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary foreign tax credit Source US–Philippines Convention Art 23 — Relief from Double Taxation (US credits PH tax; PH credits US tax); saving-clause exception under Art 6(4) — IRS philip.pdf Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Philippines
Malaysia	No treaty in force	domestic foreign tax credit only (Form 1116) — no treaty Source IRS Pub 901 / A–Z treaty list — no US–Malaysia income tax treaty; nguon/MY_SOURCES.md Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include Malaysia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Malaysia
Portugal	yes Source US Treasury Convention text (signed Washington 6 September 1994) + Portugal OECD MLI consolidated list — US–Portugal income tax convention, entry into force 18 December 1995, generally effective from 1 January 1996 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary foreign tax credit Source US–Portugal 1994 Convention Art 25 — Relief from Double Taxation (US credit), behind the Art 1(4) saving clause Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source SSA — the U.S.–Portugal Agreement on Social Security (signed Lisbon 30 March 1988, TIAS 12121) entered into force 1 August 1989; it eliminates dual social-security coverage and can total periods for benefits. Unlike US–Malaysia, this coordination exists Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Portugal

Eight passports on Philippines 8 overlays

Passport	Treaty	Relief	SSA	Open
AU	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — Australia treaty in force (effective 1980-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source Australia–Philippines DTA Art. 24 — each State grants a credit for income tax paid in the other State, subject to the treaty and domestic-law limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source DSS — Australia international social security agreements list does not include the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	AU → Philippines
SG	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — Singapore treaty in force (effective 1997-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	tax credit Source Singapore–Philippines DTA Art. 22 — both States grant credit for qualifying tax paid in the other State, with additional tax-sparing provisions Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source CPF Board / Singapore domestic CPF regime — no Singapore–Philippines social security / CPF totalisation agreement published; same gate as sg_vn_social_security_agreement_in_force (nguon/SG_SIDE_TRAPS.md pattern) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	SG → Philippines
KR	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — South Korea treaty in force (effective 1987-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source South Korea–Philippines DTA Art. 23 — each State grants credit for qualifying tax paid in the other State, subject to the treaty limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source NPS — Korea–Philippines social security agreement entered into force 1 April 2024 (totalization category) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	KR → Philippines
CN	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — China treaty in force (effective 2002-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source China–Philippines DTA Art. 23 — China grants credit for Philippine tax and the Philippines grants credit for Chinese tax, subject to domestic-law limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source MOHRSS / published China bilateral social security partner list (13 countries) does not include Philippines — same gate as cn_vn_social_security_agreement_in_force Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	CN → Philippines
JP	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — Japan treaty in force (effective 1981-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source Japan–Philippines Convention Art. 23 — each State grants credit for qualifying tax paid in the other State, subject to the treaty limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Japan Pension Service — Status of Agreements in Force lists the Philippines among Japan’s implemented SSA partners Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	JP → Philippines
UK	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — United Kingdom treaty in force (effective 1979-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–Philippines Convention Art. 21 — each State grants credit for qualifying tax paid in the other State, subject to the treaty limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements — Philippines listed among UK bilateral social security agreement countries Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Philippines
CA	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — Canada treaty in force (effective 1977-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	tax credit (deduction from tax payable) Source Canada–Philippines Convention relief article — each State deducts qualifying tax paid in the other State from its tax payable, within the ordinary credit limitation Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source CRA — Canada–Philippines social security agreement EIF 1 March 1997 (CPT64) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	CA → Philippines
USHere	yes Source US–Philippines Income Tax Convention, signed Manila 1 Oct 1976; entered into force 16 Oct 1982 (irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/philip.pdf) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary foreign tax credit Source US–Philippines Convention Art 23 — Relief from Double Taxation (US credits PH tax; PH credits US tax); saving-clause exception under Art 6(4) — IRS philip.pdf Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Philippines