New York has a sophisticated tax-enforcement program that routinely audits former taxpayers who may have only partially moved out of state. The top income tax rate for the state is 6.85 percent, and New York City charges an additional 3.64 percent income tax.
"We seek to establish a paper trail for how you're spending your time," said Michael Bucci, a spokesman for the New York Division of Taxation. "If you claim no one is at your house, then who is making those phone calls? Why is the electric bill so high?"
New York accountants say state residency audits, which they describe as formidable, also demand E-ZPass and credit-card records.
Abelow said he is examining New York's efforts "very closely," with an eye toward stepping up enforcement in New Jersey.
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Good Lord!!
Get OUT of these two toilets, New Jersey and New York, and do not look back.
Run, don't walk.
I left the New York cesspool a long time ago. To New Yorkers and people from New Jersey, there is life outside the East Coast. It's better, cleaner, and less stressful. We all have one life to live. We might as well live it in a non-socialist state!