What should an Online Tutoring Agreement include under Thai law?

1. Definitions and Interpretation
2. The Lessons
3. Fees and Payment
4. Scheduling, Rescheduling and Absence
5. Recording of Lessons
6. Conduct
7. Protecting the Learner
8. Use of AI Tools
9. Materials and Copyright
10. Personal Data
11. Ending the Agreement and Refunds
12. Liability
13. Notices, Law and Disputes
14. General

• Agree the time zone and write all lesson times in it (Clause 1.2). Put the regular Lessons in both calendars with the meeting link.
• The Learner is under 20, so the parent or guardian is the Client and signs this Agreement. The Tutor communicates with the Learner only through channels the Client can see, and the Client may observe any Lesson (Clause 7). If the Learner's other parent must also consent, a separate guardian consent form can be used.
• Recording is allowed only after the Client signs the recording consent in Schedule 1. Share recordings by private link and delete them after … days (Clause 5.1).- No Lesson may be recorded or screenshotted without written consent for that Lesson (Clause 5.1).

• The Package is paid before the first Lesson and should be used within … months (Clause 3.1). Unused Lessons are refunded, never simply lost (Clause 11.3).- The Tutor sends a monthly statement and the Client pays within 3 days. Lessons paid but not given are credited or refunded (Clause 3.1).
• Reschedule at least … hours before a Lesson to avoid losing it (Clause 4.1).
• When paying across borders, agree who pays the transfer fees and which exchange rate applies. Keep payment receipts.

• The Tutor may use AI to prepare materials, but must check them personally, must not enter information that identifies the Learner into tools that train on user inputs, and must not create synthetic voice or video of the Learner (Clause 8). The Client may ask which tools are used.

• Income from tutoring is taxable in the country where the Tutor is tax resident. A Tutor in Thailand reports it in the personal income tax return. A foreign Tutor living in Thailand who teaches for payment may need a work permit.
• A company client in Thailand paying a Thai Tutor normally withholds 3% and gives a withholding tax certificate.
• One-to-one tutoring by an individual is not a school. A business that runs group classes at premises may need a private school licence.

• Revenue officers may treat a tutoring package as a hire of work (Instrument 4 of the Stamp Duty Schedule): 1 THB for every 1,000 THB or part of 1,000 THB of the price. On the price you entered, that would be the amount the system calculates from the figures entered, paid by the Tutor. Ask your accountant how you treat these agreements.

• Try to settle any complaint by discussion first (Clause 13.3). A Thai court works in Thai, so a certified Thai translation will be needed. For small amounts across borders, a refund or credit is usually cheaper than any court case.

Compiled from the notes that accompany the English contract templates on this site, published by Phuwara Krobtaku (ภูวรา ครอบตะคุ), Thai attorney-at-law, licence no. 477/2558. The short answer and summary at the top of this page are put together by the site from the template's clause headings and notes. Statutes are quoted only in the official Thai text: Thai is the only official language of Thai legislation, and an unofficial translation can mislead. Article registry OKC-14F3A9. If you reuse this content, please credit the author and link to the original.