The tax-relief industry loves to make IRS problems sound impossible without them. They're not. I'm Darrin Mish. I've been representing taxpayers before the IRS for 32 years. Let me explain how this actually works.<\/p>\n
Many New Yorkers leave New York for various reasons, one of which is the high tax rate in the state. And studies show that no small number of New Yorkers choose to relocate themselves to Florida to enjoy the benefit of zero personal income taxes. In fact, each year more New Yorkers choose to go do Florida than any other state. The current number stands at about 55,000. But emigrating from New York to Florida may not mean you are exempted from taxes by the New York state government. \u00a0Click here to read or watch more IRS Help resources.<\/a><\/p>\n It’s true you might still be liable for tax in New York even though you move to Florida. For one thing, New York state tax law states that you must spend more than half a year living outside New York to be considered a non-New Yorker. To prove you live outside of New York, you have to provide documentary evidence often on a day-to-day basis such as phone records, credit card receipts etc. \u00a0But it’s often not as straightforward as that. If a phone call was made from your address in New York on a certain day, it is assumed you made it. \u00a0You have to prove to the tax man that it was your brother using your New York phone. \u00a0If you happen to visit folks in New York and you are in the airport waiting for your 11.45 pm flight back to Florida and your plane is delayed, that day is counted as ‘living in New York’. Yes, the tax man in New York will count actual number of days you are in New York. \u00a0Click here to watch or read more information on IRS Back Taxes.<\/a><\/p>\n The other thing concerns your property in New York. If you emigrate and leave your condominium in New York but move to a squalid studio apartment in Florida, the tax authorities may view you as still being domiciled in New York, thus liable for New York tax. \u00a0Likewise, your memberships in various New York institutions like country clubs, New York-based societies, churches, synagogues etc. all count against you when it comes to taxes.<\/p>\n One more thing to consider is your source of income. \u00a0If your source of income primarily comes from New York even though you live in Florida, you will likely attract tax liability. \u00a0For example, if you operate a business in Queens remotely while living in Florida, you are deemed to be taxable in New York.<\/p>\n The tax authorities also look at where your close family members and relatives live. \u00a0Are most of them living in New York? \u00a0All these count in determining if you are liable for New York taxes.<\/p>\n Finally, if you really want to move to Florida, make sure you change your voter registration to Florida.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The tax-relief industry loves to make IRS problems sound impossible without them. They're not. I'm Darrin Mish. I've been representing taxpayers before the IRS for 32 years. Let me explain how this actually works. Many New Yorkers leave New York for various reasons, one of which is the high tax rate in the state. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22403,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions\/22403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}