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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even IF they paid income taxes in DC, wouldn't they have owed them in Maryland too given that they lived in Maryland?[/quote]

It's not clear. [/quote]

What makes residency a complicated legal concept is that each state (and some cities) have their own definition of residency, and it usually revolves around maximizing their tax haul. Most states with income tax are eager to tag people who spend some time there as "part-year residents" so that they can claim part of their income. The most extreme example is professional athletes, most states consider visiting teams to be part-year residents and tax them proportionately. States are eager to grant the minor benefits of residency -- fishing and hunting licences, library privileges and so forth -- to part-year residents in order to strengthen their tax claim.

I own a home in DC and a home in another state, and spend part of the year in each, and I can say that is basically impossible to know with certainty what the tax law is, even if you hire a professional the most they can do is give you advice on how to avoid getting audited.

It's interesting that DC uses the term "residence," because the proper term under the law is "domicile." Domicile is a critical concept in US law because of our federal system, you are bound by the laws of your state of domicile even when outside of it. The Wikipedia is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domicile_(law)  Domicile is not at all a cut-and-dried issue, it is frequently litigated and its foundation is almost entirely common law and case law.[/quote]

Thanks for your thoughtful response. It is very confusing.

Many states have very clear definitions for colleges in state tuition. Public school residency rules are very vague.[/quote]

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