Thai Immigration doesn't issue LTRV or DTV, nothing to do with them. You've still a lot to learn. The LTR is basically a dead duck since the introduction of the DTV. I don't know what you're on about with doubling the cost of the LTR, but I'm sure you've got it covered! 👍
Actually what he's saying is *basically* true. The DTV, whilst not offering as much as Elite and LTR, offers the best value for money option available, unless you're working in Thailand, in which case you'd generally need the non-B, as DTV doesn't pull it up. I now know six guys previously on non-O retirement visas who have reinvented themselves as "digital nomads" and one of them doesn't even know how to switch a computer on! It's certainly generally the best visa option these days.
I know you share similar views to mine when it comes to the "tax experts" telling everyone to rush off and get their Tax ID and file their returns before the taxman "comes knocking". Just watched this video from Benjamin Hart, and geez, does he give them a serve! "Charlatans who should be rounded up and deported". Worth a look if you haven't already seen it
Don't have to show anything at immigration, just TM30 and passport. You have to do 90-day report every 90 days you are IN the country. When you leave and re-enter it resets