Speaking of Uncle Joe...

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

The Villages is a curious enclave of retirees that covers parts of three counties here in Florida. Some of the residents are snowbirds attempting to skirt income tax laws in their true domiciliary states up north by claiming they are domiciled in Florida, a non-income tax state. I discovered this while working for the Census down here in 2010.

Half the deeply Republican elders in my family have "half-year plus one day" residences in southwest Florida

They get mad at Obama when I tell them don't bother to leave the properties to we young folk, as those beach fronts will be under water by 2050

Originally Posted by Riot

Half the deeply Republican elders in my family have "half-year plus one day" residences in southwest Florida

"Half-year plus one day" might work for RESIDENCY purposes, but establishing one's DOMICILE for tax purposes is more complicated. I was an Income Tax Auditor for NY State back in the 90's, and I was assigned to the "snowbird" unit on Long Island. We collected lots of tax revenue from people who had a winter residence outside of NY (usually Florida), but maintained a permanent place of abode in NY and had NOT changed their domicile to FL. Changed their tax filing status from "Non-Resident" to "Resident" unless they could meet the burden of proof in establishing a change of domicile; most couldn't because they still had business and other ties to NY.