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Originally Posted by Scbang
Did you have professional help or did it all by yourself?
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I did it all by myself. I was a freshly minted NY lawyer and had literally just passed the NY bar. Although I was an intellectual property attorney my best grade in law school was in a tax class. It did take some appeals. I had some case law on my side which I cited to them. The head guy finally said OK, you win except for a very minor ($17.72) matter and invited me into his office for a cup of coffee.
If you own rental property you probably have a capable CPA who will know how to handle your change of domicile/residence, file nonresident tax returns and so on. You can probably find a lot written about how to insure your change of residency is solid as well as how to maintain it as you may be visiting NY to manage your rental properties and visit friends and family. A lot is written on this subject. You are not the first person from NY or other high tax state moving to FL or other state having low or no personal income tax.