Moving out of DC because of taxes and wasteful government
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Anonymous
| How aggressive is DC in going after former residents who establish residency in another state, or a territory like Puerto Rico, but still have family in the city and visit for several months a year? |
Anonymous
| If you don't like the taxes or government in DC, why do you want to stay here at all? |
Anonymous
| Are you going to be working or earning money while you're in DC? |
Anonymous
Also will you own property here and will your kids go to school here? |
Anonymous
| kids in college out of dc, no longer own property in dc |
Anonymous
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If one visited DC for 7 days every other month, likely they would not wven notice.
If one stayed in DC for 3-4 months at a time, then they might well claim that one is a part-year resident rather than a non-resident. Talk with your CPA or tax attorney. |
Anonymous
| Michael Sailor tried this and lost bigly. |
Anonymous
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No one can answer this without all facts and circumstances.
What do you mean by "go after"? Do you mean you will meet the domicile test or meet the statutory residency test, but are hoping they either won't know that or just won't bother to pursue you for the tax owed? |
Anonymous
How long will you be staying in DC during the year and where will you stay? If staying with family or friends or in a hotel or Airbnb, never for more than a few weeks at a time, and not working in DC, you are fine. If you will have any kind of permanent address and will be working in DC, they can and will come after you. The fact that you are asking this question indicates to me that you are doing something shady, like maybe transferred title in your house to one of your kids or are renting an apartment in their name, but will be living there much of the year, working in DC, and just spending a few months of the year at a vacation home you intend to claim as your domicile. If that's your plan, it's tax fraud and I sincerely hope you get caught and gave a steep penalty. If you don't want to pay taxes in DC, by all means, move away. |
Anonymous
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DC is pretty aggressive about going after District residents who move overseas. You really do need to completely sever ties with the District - no real estate, no spouse/kids, no doctors, etc. And even in those cases, DC will still try to levy taxes if there's any indication you may return to the District at some point in the future.
OTR is by far the best functioning and most capable agency in the DC government. Get a tax lawyer who knows DC and can advise on properly severing ties AND establishing bona fide residence elsewhere. |
Anonymous
| Go after you for what? |
Anonymous
OP "wasteful government" is the Trump- administration. |
Anonymous
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We have a tax haven arbitrage nearby that's very easy to move to without upending your life - it's called Virginia.
Not sure why you'd go to Puerto Rico or USVI, it's a massive lifestyle change with a lot of costs and annoyances and bureaucratic hoops to jump through to get the tax benefits. If you own any type of business that necessitates a local real estate footprint in the DMV, it won't work for you. |
Anonymous
| Tuh. Don’t move to Maryland |
Anonymous
Yes. And you can have DC doctors and DC doesn't care. There is also tax reciprocity as a VA resident I never ever paid DC taxes on my DC job. https://www.tax.virginia.gov/reciprocity#:~:text=Virginia%20Residents%20who%3A,Columbia%20Unincorporated%20Business%20Franchise%20Tax. Funny I mentioned in another thread a while back that when we were moving to DMV for DC jobs we picked VA for tax reasons. One PP mocked me for not being wealthy enough not to have to choose because of taxes. |