that’s sounds correct but do you think the thais will have the processes/paperwork/knowledge to deal with the various arrangements throughout the 202 countries on this planet? I can envisage many frustrated tax office encounters
I initially thought that, you can't build complex tax systems in a year. Even the UK had to give up on a huge NHS system. BUT if they tie it to visa extensions, which is the only way I can see it happening then they don't need to build anything. They can wait for everyone to come to them, if you don't have a tax receipt for everything thats gone into your account, they don't renew. Simple. Of course there are ways round that and there are some generous allowances which no-one seems to mention, but thats the basic premise in my opinion.
Fair enough - for a resident though the LTR is the better. Having said that they've made a pigs ear of where the money required needs to be. It's possible to scrape through on 80k a year if it's on a tax return but fail if you have a billion in cash !