Does living in Philippines = No State tax in USA?

42 States with a state income tax hate the states without income tax. If you “move” to one of those states they assume it’s tax evasion. You have to prove it isn’t.

If you move, rent a room in a house or condo get rent receipts, get some utility in your name (probably a telephone land line, keeps some stuff in your room, stay there some, get a drivers license, register your cars , get the post office sending your mail there, etc etc. if you have any ties to your old state, property , cars, etc. put them into an LLC. Don’t own anything in your name in your old high tax state.

A Mariner friend claimed residence in Florida where he owned a house. He had a car registered there, got mail there, had a Florida drivers license, stayed there a couple months per year, etc etc. However, his wife and kids lived in his house in Maine. The kids were in school. He “visited “ his wife and kids in Maine about four months a year. Maine demanded that he pay Maine income tax. He fought it and lost. The court essentially ruled that if you are married with kids, you live where your kids go to school.

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