From what I hear, Califorinia is even worse. They try to "Source Tax" the portion of your retirement income that was earned while you lived in their state....long after you've moved away. I dodged the bullet on that one because I always lived on base (that means it was a Federal reservation, not property of the state) while stationed there.
I don't disagree one bit. NY, CA, MN, NJ, MA, WA, IL....wouldn't live in any of them. Wonderful geography...marginal population...abysmal leadership.
This has been going on for a very long time and not just in California. Currently, FEDERAL LAW (TITLE 4 > CHAPTER 4 > § 114) forbids income tax on a non-domiciled taxpayer. What happens in the future is more problematical because the states with the greatest tax deficits also have very large Congressional Delegations. A cabal of the desperate is not an unthinkable movement.
From what I hear, Califorinia is even worse. They try to “Source Tax” the portion of your retirement income that was earned while you lived in their state....long after you’ve moved away. I dodged the bullet on that one because I always lived on base (that means it was a Federal reservation, not property of the state) while stationed there.”
I have a couple of friends who earned their pensions inside Kalifornia and were being taxed when they moved to Missouri- actually double taxed—by both states.
It is my understanding that a class action lawsuit on behalf of pensioners who no longer lived in Kalifornia was brought many years ago and Kalifornia lost—the basis was “taxation without representation” because none of these people coupld vote in Kalifornia any longer.
I think they are not being taxed any longer by Kalifornia, but I can call them and get that clarified.