[MortMan]

Rahm declared himself non-resident, then amended his tax returns after he discovered he was running for mayor. It is not comparable.

He voluntarily forfeited his residency to not pay taxes, then paid back taxes, then claimed he never left.

[muawiyah]

Around the DC area there are millions of taxpayers who have to pay income tax in more than one jurisdiction. It's not all that complex but what it amounts to is that the jurisdiction with the higher tax rate gets more than half your tax dollars.

Illinois has a lower aggregate income tax rate than DC. That means that if Rahm only filed in DC he'd pay more income tax than if he filed in both DC and Illinois.

That's why I cannot believe he filed only in DC.