In addition to all the standard issues of Drivers Licence, car registration, voter registration, at least 182 days in FL, the BIGGEST standard you will need to prove is intent to give up your northern residence as primary and make florida your primary. This is especially true if you are leaving a High Tax state such as New York. Where will you file your federal taxes from, are you eventually planning to sell your northern home and if so how will you handle the federal tax aspect...(you can only have 1 primary residence for IRS tax purposes and it must be your primary residence for at least 2 of 5 years to avoid federal taxes of its sale). You also can only declare a homestead exemption in one state
Its not the IRS (see above)or the state of FLorida you have to be concerned about, its the state you now live in
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