So many Florida license plates...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it hard to believe it's rental cars. There has been a clear uptick in these license plates over the last 6 months.

90% tax cheats, 10% legitimate. The IRS is so understaffed everyone will get away with it.

Am I missing something? Why would the IRS care if you say you live on FL? I thought FL residency helped people avoid state taxes.

[Anonymous]

Funny to see certain people immediately shriek tax cheats.

These people are just doing what the various state laws allow them. Florida makes it easy to establish residency and also doesn't demand that you spend six months +1 day in Florida. You just need to spend no more than six months + 1 day in any other single state. There's been a major "drain" of higher net worth people setting up residency in Florida because of the generous tax benefits. Have a property in Florida, a property somewhere for the summer, and keep your original residence in the DMV for seeing friends and your doctors. Or have a Florida PO box and spend most of the winter in the Bahamas/Caribbean and six months - 1 day in DMV. Still very legal. That's what my aunt and uncle do. They probably spend no more than six weeks of the year in Florida and the rest of the time is between MD and the Bahamas, but they're still legally Florida residents.

FYI you still pay property taxes where the property is. Once you declare residency in Florida or any state outside Maryland, you lose your homestead tax credits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it hard to believe it's rental cars. There has been a clear uptick in these license plates over the last 6 months.

90% tax cheats, 10% legitimate. The IRS is so understaffed everyone will get away with it.

Am I missing something? Why would the IRS care if you say you live on FL? I thought FL residency helped people avoid state taxes.

You aren’t the one missing something.

[Anonymous]

I employ retired and reservists and everyone claims FL residency. Lots of tax advantage living there.

[Anonymous]

Military claiming residence in FL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also see many Texas plates in FCPS.

Also likely military. If military are ever based in FL or TX, they will keep that as their tax residence until retirement.

Military or not, are these Texans and Floridians financially contributing to FCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it hard to believe it's rental cars. There has been a clear uptick in these license plates over the last 6 months.

90% tax cheats, 10% legitimate. The IRS is so understaffed everyone will get away with it.

I don't think it's IRS tax evasion- I think it's car tax evasion.

That being said, my parents have a house up here. They spend 6 months + 1 day in FL and the rest up here, so they can still maintain FL residency. (They're from FL)

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t be surprised if other states move to a prorata tax residency model with a much lower threshold than 6 months. Florida is essentially a tax haven operating within the US. Sure, people are meeting Florida’s very lax legal standard for residency. But, frankly, I think someone who spends 4-5 months in Maryland using state & county services should be filing a partial year tax return. The 6 month threshold is way too high. I think a 45 day threshold is more appropriate.

Lots of big companies already withhold taxes on a prorata basis for days worked in individual states. My friend works for a large bank and she always has to file 3-4 state returns each year depend on where her clients are located or if she was remote working from elsewhere. Her bank employee would automatically track VPN login and assign tax rate based on the location by day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rental cars?

+1

Yes, it’s rental cars. The companies have huge fleets from FL. Probably for the reasons other posters have listed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it hard to believe it's rental cars. There has been a clear uptick in these license plates over the last 6 months.

90% tax cheats, 10% legitimate. The IRS is so understaffed everyone will get away with it.

It’s a state tax issue, not federal. Virginia is not understaffed and will send notices if you have filed in VA before. You will have to prove that you have broken domicile with VA. Same with DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also see many Texas plates in FCPS.

Also likely military. If military are ever based in FL or TX, they will keep that as their tax residence until retirement.

Military or not, are these Texans and Floridians financially contributing to FCPS?

No. If they are Floridian they are filing federal taxes as a Florida Resident and pay local property taxes for the Florida county that they live in if they are a property owner. Now that I think of it I think veterans are exempt from our local property taxes state wide in Florida. We passed a new law to that effect. I'm not sure if active duty personnel have to pay local property taxes in Florida that the rest of our civilians have to. They may be exempt due to the new law for veterans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also see many Texas plates in FCPS.

Also likely military. If military are ever based in FL or TX, they will keep that as their tax residence until retirement.

Military or not, are these Texans and Floridians financially contributing to FCPS?

No. If they are Floridian they are filing federal taxes as a Florida Resident and pay local property taxes for the Florida county that they live in if they are a property owner. Now that I think of it I think veterans are exempt from our local property taxes state wide in Florida. We passed a new law to that effect. I'm not sure if active duty personnel have to pay local property taxes in Florida that the rest of our civilians have to. They may be exempt due to the new law for veterans.

If they live in FCPS, whether their permanent home of residence is FL or TX or wherever else: they're paying property taxes on the home they own in Fairfax County, just like every other homeowner; they're renting a home in Fairfax County where the rent amount covers the property taxes; or they're living on Ft. Belvoir and FCPS receives federal impact aid for them.

[Anonymous]

So many people are responding that these are military plates from FL and TX. Does this scare anyone? I am not sure I want my kids to attend school with kids whose parents are war mongers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many people are responding that these are military plates from FL and TX. Does this scare anyone? I am not sure I want my kids to attend school with kids whose parents are war mongers.

Dumb troll is dumb. Go crawl back under your bridge.

[Anonymous]

Once military retire, do they have to give up their FL or TX residency if they decide to remain in the DMV?