You know your state is in trouble when they spend extra effort to track down people who left the state for tax money.
New Dorkers have been doing this forever. They went after Rush Limbaugh hard too.
My father in law used to keep his sailboat in the winter at Constitution Marina in Charlestown, MA(the Town). Right on Boston harbor. Right next to the USS Constitution navy yard.
He would use it as a winter condo in Boston. He would take it down in October and leave it there until May.
That was until he received a tax bill from the Commonwealth. They said that his 32’ sloop constituted a second home in MA.
After that the boat went up river and stayed in NH in the winter on the hard.
“You know your state is in trouble when they spend extra effort to track down people who left the state for tax money.”
Yes and no...
Rush Limbaugh moved to Palm Beach, Florida in 1996 and the state, county and city of New York hounded him for NY taxes for at least 20 years. He had to prove, daily, where he was working “17 different ways.”
Eventually there was an agreed upon ‘tax agreement’ for when he went to NY and broadcast a show from there (I believe it was five figures).
California is similar: if you move your residence they still want YOUR money if you cannot PROVE you are not in CA...
As an aside, ALL sportsmen who play a game in NY (football, baseball, basketball, hockey, etc) have a portion of their paycheck ‘docked’ to pay NY for applicable taxes...it’s been going on for decades.
New York and California both had tax offices in the downtown ATL office buildings I was in c. 2000. They’re aggressive.
“You know your state is in trouble when they spend extra effort to track down people who left the state for tax money.”
They didn’t have to track them down.
I bet they are voting D like champs. Democrats love snowbird voter identity theft.It is the first step before cemetery voting.
The filth audited Rush every year after he left.