Taxes
 

If you own a home in Wisconsin, and one in Florida, you'll only get a Home Owners exemption one of them, in your state of residence. That tax savings can be a deciding factor in which state you choose to declare.

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You pay income tax on the income made in Wisconsin. I co farmed with my son, but I'm a Florida resident. My social security and pension is NOT taxed by Florida or Wisconsin. My Farm income from Wisconsin is Taxed By Wisconsin. To claim Florida residency you need to live in Florida over 6 months of a year, notify Wisconsin you are claiming residency in Florida, Claim residency in Florida, Change your divers license to Florida, Change your voting to Florida, insure your car in Florida. There are documents available. I confirmed the steps with the Sumter Co office. Now, this was 5 years ago, I'm not sure if any changes were made since then.

You MUST give up your WI license to get a new one in FL. Your domicile is what your license says. It is ILLEGAL to have more than one drivers’ license in any of the 50 states. I’m not sure what you’re talking about when you say “file for FL domicile”…if you get a FL license, you live here—as you MUST have a Florida address. Why are you trying to “back door” scam this. Give up WI or go back. Pretty simple.

Oh, so they’re as bad as California…tax you even when you don’t live there or benefit one iota from those taxes.

THEN MAKE YOUR CHOICE…and live with it. Everything in life comes down to “choice”

Most states with state income tax require you to pay income tax on any income you earned while working in that state. Even if you don't live in that state. Your income tax pays, in part, for the streets your car travels on, on its way to and from work every day. It pays, in part, for snow plowing to get you safely to and from work when it's snowing. It pays, in part, for the police who help you get your car off the road when you've been driving too fast in the snow and spun out and hit a telephone pole. If you don't want to pay Wisconsin income tax, then - don't work in Wisconsin.

Same as in California, and New York, and Louisiana, Kentucky, etc. etc. They ALL make you pay income tax, if you WORK in those states, regardless of where you live. The state you live in might also make you pay income tax, because you have an income, while living in that state. Different states have different rules about that.

This isn't news. It's not a recent change.

FL domicile
 

The domicile form is another method of legally establishing your residence. You might use it as proof that you are a FL resident just like using a homestead exemption, voter registration or DL. But if you don't own property, don't have a DL, and don't need a FL id (you have a valid passport), you can file for domicile and establish residency. Think someone living in a nursing home not driving not voting, not going anywhere.

Your "Domicile" is not necessarily what your license says. Your domicile is wherever you intend it to be, within reason. As someone else mentioned, ask most any former Military person how they handled residency. Is the typical USN submarine tour, 6 months?

As someone else mentioned earlier in the thread, what about people who live in (3) states, as I do. There's no simple "183 day rule".

Filing for Domicile in Florida is a specific process. If you reside in Sumter County and would like to make it your domicile, you can find the form here: Forms | Sumter County Clerk of Courts.

Fact Check: Partially correct.

If you are earning ACTIVE income (i.e. - W-2 income or 10-99 income), then yes, those states will tax you. Imagine playing pro sports and "working" in a different state every week!

However, if you are receiving an earned pension from, sayyyyy California, then the state does NOT tax that even though you earned it by your labors and its investment gains occurring in California if you do not currently live in that state.

Same goes if you earned a California pension but retired to the Philippines. Not uncommon, actually. Lots of healthcare folks working in Los Angeles. No state or federal income tax is owed, due, collected, or held back.

Actually, I don't think you need to live in Florida for 6 months to become a resident. That would mean that you need to pay income tax to another state while living in Florida, which is not true. The 6 months is the time where the state can declare you to be a resident, even if you don't want to be one. You cannot live in Florida indefinitely and declare yourself a non-resident.

And who going check? Unless leave paper trail I see now way state knowing, homeless population good example, they don’t want to know. :oops:

Last I heard renters don’t pay no taxes? The property owner does?

If they wanted to they can check your cell phone records and see where you're living. But I don't think they would do that.

Renters pay imputed real estate tax thru their rent.

That would probably require a warrant. Obtainable since tax evasion is a crime, but generally not worth the effort unless the subject is a high earner (hence a high loss of tax income for the state).

Where can I do this in Lake County? Can I go to any tax collectors office? I believe there is one in Cleremont and an office in Taveras.