Posted on 03/20/2024 6:35:41 AM PDT by airdalecheif
False imprisonment.
We left CA in 2010, and there was serious talk about an Exodus Tax even then. Forcing someone to be trapped where he doesn’t want to be ... isn’t that kidnapping or similar?
ie. you buy a 2nd home in Tennessee and are going to retire there, you want to take advantage of tn state tax rate for work. but you live in md. so you declare on your md taxes you are an out of state resident. = no md state taxes, but when you sell your md home, you have to pay 7.5%. to maryland to complete your home sale. also works if you have a rental property and you live say in Virginia.. . you have to pay the state tax sell it.
Maybe they should put up a wall like the DDR did and shoot anyone who tries to leave.
They send you a bill.
I got one from CA a year after I left.
It was easier to pay than fly back to CA to fight it.
You probably don't want to go back for a visit.
Good luck collecting taxes from people who are residents of other states. Doing so would depend entirely on the AGs of those other states. They tried this before and Nevada’s AG told them to go pound sand. I don’t imagine they will be any more successful this time.
It won’t help. There will never be enough money. If they managed to amass a surplus it would turn into a deficit the next legislative session. There is never enough money to sate the vile evil and incompetent Left.
I have heard that NJ has a tax on the sale of property that is refunded if you buy more property IN the state and not refunded if you buy property outside the state.
“How does a state enforce an “exit tax”?”
assuming that all in-state California assets have been disposed of and/or transferred to other states prior to exiting, there’s no enforcement mechanism possible ...
presumably though, the California ex-patriots themselves have lost their California visitation privileges ...
nonetheless, it’s nice that California has announced their intent for an “exit” tax, so those who wish to flee can properly prepare for their exit ...
still, one would think an “exit” tax would be unconstitutional under the commerce clause, though most of those contemplating fleeing would probably rather just flee instead of becoming embroiled in a VERY lengthy and VERY expensive legal journey ...
California has been talking about doing this for a while now. Other than this article, I haven’t seen any news about it becoming law..
IOW, California is like a Roach Hotel: you can check in, but not check out ...
Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.General Secretary Newsom sure is taking a hard line here, isn’t he.
— Fourth plank of communism
“When the tax notice arrived from Honolulu, I circular filed it. “
their computer isn’t very persistent ... i still get forwarded property tax notices from a county in another state regarding a tiny two-room apartment my deceased father owned there at one time but which has long since been sold ...
after MANY years of such tax notices, the total (including mostly “penalties”) is over $300,000 ... it’s amazing what compounded interest can do! ... still, it’s intriguing that they apparently haven’t attempted to file tax liens against subsequent owners ... oh well, not my problem ...
“How does a state enforce an “exit tax”?”
I would presume in the same manner that the IRS attaches liens against someone’s property to secure payment of “unpaid taxes”. It doesn’t have to be legal, remember... if it’s a Democrat or Democrats doing it.
That happens in NJ all the time. No toll to cross a bridge into it, but you’ve gotta pay up in you want to head back outta the place.
“When you exit make sure not to leave any assets in the state.”
Right. Sell any property you have there BEFORE leaving the state. No assets, no lien, no joy for the leftist thieves... as long as you move to a state NOT run and ruined by the same leftists.
“When the tax notice arrived from Honolulu, I circular filed it. That 12 years ago. Haven’t heard a word since, but I’m still on the voter rolls there.”
Have to checked to see if you have voted ?
I think my state of TN should charge an “entry tax” for yankee carpet-baggers that flee their sh!thole cities that Democrats made, only to keep voting Democrat.
lol. Yieks.
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