Look up if someone's using a Florida vacation home as primary legal residence to dodge taxes?

[Anonymous]

The public was able to tell that Patrick Chauvin and his wife were cheating on their Minnesota taxes because they were voting from their house in Florida which was obviously not their principal residence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The public was able to tell that Patrick Chauvin and his wife were cheating on their Minnesota taxes because they were voting from their house in Florida which was obviously not their principal residence.

He worked for the Minneapolis PD and had not paid state taxes in like 7 years. Totally insane that he was able to get away with that.

No way in hell are the states able to go after most of the state tax scofflaws, especially in the past 2 years when there has been so many people moving. NY, CA, and DC are probably the most aggressive when it comes to go after people who are claiming to live elsewhere. If you’re in the top tax bracket, they will watch you closely.

Florida doesn’t care, except if you are trying to claim a spot in the university system for your kid. Then you might get a closer eye to your status. But really, FL is socking you on the property tax and are happy if you’re paying.

It’s not really that hard to fake Florida residency if you are down there 4-5 times per year. You just need to change your address on all accounts, and do your annual doctor and semi-annual dentist appoints, register to vote, and join a house of worship. That’s plenty of proof.

Until states start actively tracking cell phone tower pings, it will be very hard to prove and they will only expend resources on the biggest tax payers (top 0.5%).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure in every religion one of the 10 commandments or however many they have is “mind your own damn business”. Smh. This is just embarrassing

there isn't such a commandment in the Bible.

But, there is a commandment about lying.

-Sunday school teacher

But, I agree, goodnes OP. Do you not have anything else to do? Is this some revenge thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB

Are you a tax cheat too?

dp... let's say they are all tax cheats. Is it your job to turn them in? So bizarre. And no, I"m not a tax cheat. I can't because I am self employed, and the IRS gives self employed a double take.

And I say this as a former hall monitor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The public was able to tell that Patrick Chauvin and his wife were cheating on their Minnesota taxes because they were voting from their house in Florida which was obviously not their principal residence.

I'm willing to bet that there are many many many people who do the same thing, not that I'm saying it's ok. Just that it's probably pretty rampant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB

Are you a tax cheat too?

Nope. We have a vacation house in a lower tax state but we would never claim that as our residence. Still, MYOB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure in every religion one of the 10 commandments or however many they have is “mind your own damn business”. Smh. This is just embarrassing

there isn't such a commandment in the Bible.

But, there is a commandment about lying.

-Sunday school teacher

But, I agree, goodnes OP. Do you not have anything else to do? Is this some revenge thing?

Sunday School Teacher,

I’m pretty sure the PP was kidding.

[Anonymous]

Two residences, one in MD and another one in FL. I know so meone who know someone whose uncle does it by living in FL for 6 months plus one day. Cars are registered in FL. Utilities are u dee his name. Bank accounts are using FL address. He document his stay i each house everytime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The public was able to tell that Patrick Chauvin and his wife were cheating on their Minnesota taxes because they were voting from their house in Florida which was obviously not their principal residence.

He worked for the Minneapolis PD and had not paid state taxes in like 7 years. Totally insane that he was able to get away with that.

No way in hell are the states able to go after most of the state tax scofflaws, especially in the past 2 years when there has been so many people moving. NY, CA, and DC are probably the most aggressive when it comes to go after people who are claiming to live elsewhere. If you’re in the top tax bracket, they will watch you closely.

Florida doesn’t care, except if you are trying to claim a spot in the university system for your kid. Then you might get a closer eye to your status. But really, FL is socking you on the property tax and are happy if you’re paying.

It’s not really that hard to fake Florida residency if you are down there 4-5 times per year. You just need to change your address on all accounts, and do your annual doctor and semi-annual dentist appoints, register to vote, and join a house of worship. That’s plenty of proof.

Until states start actively tracking cell phone tower pings, it will be very hard to prove and they will only expend resources on the biggest tax payers (top 0.5%).

Well of course FL doesn't care. It is the state that the person actually lives in that will care (i.e. if this couple lived in MD and bought a place in FL and claimed that as their residence then MD is the state that would go after them, not FL).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why you care ----

My brother lives in Florida for 6 months and a day or whatever. His other residence is in New York State. Believe me NY makes you PROVE you don't live there. In order to establish residency he had to produce names of doctors/dentist he sees in Florida and some other stuff.

My point is -- it's not that easy to scam.

NY is particularly tough about this - all states aren’t like NY in this regard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why you care ----

My brother lives in Florida for 6 months and a day or whatever. His other residence is in New York State. Believe me NY makes you PROVE you don't live there. In order to establish residency he had to produce names of doctors/dentist he sees in Florida and some other stuff.

My point is -- it's not that easy to scam.

+1 and it gets audited by states - all - the - time. Once you flip your filing from resident to non/part year resident and maintain property in the state house, vacation home, rental), it’s a pretty easy audit notice.

And then you’d better have all your ducks in a row.

Yeah, right. And someone is auditing all of those Montana license plates who dodge auto sales tax too.

It’s all done by computer now. 🙄 there’s no ‘someone’. A flag it tripped when your social security number switched from a resident to a nonresident in the states tax return system. Or, in Florida, when you just start filing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is that even possible to look up, as in, some sort of public record? The husband and wife in question "joking" said they were going to when they bought it but I wouldn't put it past them to actually do it. They barely go to it and also airbnb rent it out. It's in Palm Beach County.

If these were my in laws who modified their son's will the day he died to make sure his adopted son got nothing, then yes they would do that. Like the will, they would do a poor job and probably end up getting to know the IRS very well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two residences, one in MD and another one in FL. I know so meone who know someone whose uncle does it by living in FL for 6 months plus one day. Cars are registered in FL. Utilities are u dee his name. Bank accounts are using FL address. He document his stay i each house everytime.

and totally legal. Good he's documenting.

[Anonymous]

Why would anyone want to pay taxes to the District lol. You get nothing in return.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure in every religion one of the 10 commandments or however many they have is “mind your own damn business”. Smh. This is just embarrassing

there isn't such a commandment in the Bible.

But, there is a commandment about lying.

-Sunday school teacher

But, I agree, goodnes OP. Do you not have anything else to do? Is this some revenge thing?

Yeah and the Bible says let the lord judge liars, not DCUM posters.