Desk 1 · home × land

KR × Thailand

Verified 2026-08How facts work SourcesDestination cells are filed on the dest tax hub. Treaty and home traps live on the overlay — this desk only names both.

Where you land · Thailand

Destination law — stay, labour, who may tax you there.

Tax-residence day test	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 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 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)	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 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.

StayVisa and residence EarnWork lawfully TaxThailand tax hub

Your passport · South Korea

Korea exit tax and NPS stay Korean; the overlay names the treaty limbs.

Filed overlayKR → Thailand taxTreaty and home-side traps From South KoreaAll six destinations Torn between two places?Open dest × dest desk

Pair cells on this corridor

Treaty	yes Source Thai RD DTA list (rd.go.th/english/766.html) — Korea appears in Thailand's in-force DTA network; full English convention text published by the RD and Art 4 read from it Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Employment short-stay	183 days Source KR–TH Convention Art 15 Income from Personal Services (Thai RD English HTML) — 183 days in the fiscal year; relief is Article 5 on the RD Art 1–5 page (unusual early number) — 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 tax credit Source KR–TH Convention Art 5 Elimination of Double Taxation (Thai RD English HTML Art 1–5) — ordinary foreign-tax 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 → nationality → mutual agreement Source Korea-Thailand income tax convention, Art 4 (Resident), full English text published by the Thai Revenue Department (rd.go.th/fileadmin/download/nation/korea_e.pdf) - read line-by-line Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
SSA / totalization	no Source NPS social security agreements overview — Thailand is not among Korea’s published SSA partners (MOU lump-sum paths elsewhere do not equal an SSA) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Treaty pensions	—
Foreign-income hinge	yes Source Stack with Thailand Revenue Code §41 remittance basis (/thailand/tax) 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 kr_vn_tax — 183-day span / exit tax / SSA traps reuse Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.

Canonical pair URL: /south-korea-to-thailand/tax. Other desks: Compare hub · This desk.

KR ×

Thailand

Verified 2026-08How facts workSourcesDestination cells are filed on the dest tax hub. Treaty and home traps live on the overlay — this desk only names both.