Service
Corporate & Business Advisory.
For expat business owners: how the company and your own position fit together.
Who this is for
People who typically come to me about this.
Persona 1
Expat owner-directors
Run a Thai company or an offshore entity and want the company position and the personal cross-border position planned as one, not two.
Persona 2
People sold a structure
Were set up with an offshore company or holding structure years ago and want a conflict-free view of whether it still serves them.
Persona 3
Cross-border founders moving to Thailand
Bringing a business or its income into the Thai tax net and need the remittance and residency interaction understood before it happens.
What's involved
How the work actually plays out.
A company is rarely separate from the owner who depends on it. The work here is to advise how a Thai or offshore entity interacts with your own tax, remittance and estate position, and to give an honest read on structures already in place. It is advisory and coordination, not bookkeeping or corporate filing.
The company and you, planned together
How profit is extracted, how and when it is remitted to Thailand, and how the structure sits against the 2024 remittance position and your domicile all interact. Planned in isolation, the company can create a personal liability that was avoidable.
The output is a written view of how the two fit, and the decisions that follow, not a product.
Where the line is
I do not keep company books, file corporate returns or act as your auditor. Where that work is needed it is done by the appropriate corporate accountants and lawyers, and I coordinate with them rather than pretend the line does not exist.
Common mistakes
Where this most often goes sideways.
Treating the company as separate from the personal plan.
The remittance of company income into Thailand is part of your personal position. Planning one side alone is how an avoidable liability is created.
Keeping a structure because it was once set up.
An offshore structure sold years ago may now be cost and reporting for no benefit. It deserves a periodic, conflict-free review.
How I work on this
The process, in three steps.
01
Map company and personal together
The entity, how income flows from it, and your residency and remittance position, set out side by side in writing.
02
Read the structure honestly
Whether what is in place still earns its cost, with the alternatives and their twenty-year cost shown plainly.
03
Coordinate the execution
Any change carried out by the appropriate corporate accountants and lawyers, with the plan documented and the line clear.
Fees and what to expect
Plain-English fee transparency.
I am paid through commission on the products arranged and an ongoing fee on the assets managed. Every cost, and what it pays, is set out in writing before you decide.
You may ask what any recommendation pays me, and the figures that apply are agreed in writing in the engagement letter before you proceed.
A first 30-minute consultation costs nothing and obliges you to nothing.
Client assets are held in your own name on FCA-regulated platforms or SEC-licensed brokers, never by me.
Questions
Questions about this.
Begin a conversation.
Thirty minutes, by Zoom or in person at the Bangkok, Hua Hin or Pattaya office. Free, and without obligation. You leave with a clearer view of what is in front of you, whether or not the work proceeds.
Book a meeting
Choose a time that suits you.
Thirty minutes with Richard Knight, ACSI directly. By video, phone, or in person. No obligation.
