🇹🇠Retire abroad
Retire in Thailand, priced from a Norwegian plan
Thailand is the classic low-cost dream, and its tax system works differently from Europe's: what matters is the money you bring into the country. Runway models that remittance logic rather than pretending Thailand taxes like a European state.
What Runway models in Thailand
- Foreign-source income taxed when remitted, on the progressive scale, matching how a drawdown actually reaches a Thai bank account
- Rental income on the progressive scale
- No wealth tax
- Spending priced in baht, so the krone-to-baht rate does real work in the plan
| Tax area | What Runway applies (2026) |
|---|---|
| Investment gains | Progressive, on remitted income |
| Rental income | Progressive |
| Wealth tax | None modelled |
| Leaving Norway | Exit tax (utflyttingsskatt) priced into the move |
The move itself is part of the price
A move to Thailand is never just Thailand's tax rules. Leaving Norway with unrealised gains can trigger the exit tax, as if you sold on the way out, and Runway prices that into the plan before a single THB of spending is modelled. The mechanics are in what the exit tax costs when you leave Norway, and the wider tooling question in which FIRE calculators handle a move abroad.
Once you are there, your spending runs in THB through an exchange-rate scenario you control, so a weak krone decade is a plan you can stress, not a surprise.
Price the whole move, not the postcard
Runway prices a retirement in Thailand end to end from your Norwegian plan: the exit tax on the way out, Thailand's taxes on the drawdown, and your spending in local currency. Your freedom age is free. The app launches on the App Store on 25 August 2026, and the beta is open now.
Runway prices a retirement in Thailand end to end from your Norwegian plan: the exit tax on the way out, Thailand's taxes on the drawdown, and your spending in local currency. Your freedom age is free.
Try the beta on TestFlight Download free on the App StoreFrequently asked
What tax does Runway assume on investment gains in Thailand?
Runway taxes what you remit into Thailand on the progressive personal-income scale, reflecting Thailand's remittance-based system for foreign-source income. The figures are 2026, income-year-stamped, and refreshed as rules change.
Do I still pay Norway's exit tax if I retire to Thailand?
Yes. Leaving Norway with unrealised gains can trigger utflyttingsskatt, and Runway prices it into every plan that retires to Thailand, as a cost of the move, before the destination's own rules take over on the drawdown.
How does Thailand tax my Norwegian investments?
On remittance: the money you bring into Thailand in a tax year is what enters the progressive scale. Runway models the drawdown you actually remit to live on, which is why its Thailand numbers can look very different from a flat European-style estimate.
Figures are 2026, income-year-stamped estimates from the Runway country pack for Thailand, produced by the same engine the app runs. They are educational estimates, not financial or tax advice: rules change, and personal cases differ. See the full country list.