You are right and wrong. In the law there never was a hard limit on entries or time spent in Thailand. In real life however, immigration officers, after using visa exempts too many times, just went on assuming that you must be “not having sufficient funds” (12.2) or “working illegally” (12.3) of the Thai Immigration Act of 1979. Of course kind of a bs assumption. But several denies of entry happen this way.
So, if I am under the threshold I could not even get a Thai tax id even if I wanted one? I guess my few baht interest on my Thai bank account don’t qualify?
I was unter the impression that for now in order to get a Thai tax id one would need to demonstrate to have income from within Thailand (either by working in Thailand or by getting passive income from within Thailand like interest rate or rent). But my info on this might be outdated.
yes. For now the requirements to get a Thai tax idea are clear. In fact right now it would hardly be possible at all to get a Thai tax id for the typical DTV holder. I expect things to change and be adjusted to the new realities.