By Rocky Mengle
From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Snowbirds often own two homes—one up north where these retirees spend the warmer months and one down south in colder ones.
When one of those homes is in a high-tax state and the other is in a low-tax state, you want to establish residency in the low-tax state if possible because all your income will be taxed by your state of residence. But the bar for claiming residency is often higher than snowbirds think. And certain states have a reputation for vigorously challenging flimsy claims.
Fortunately, though, there are some things you can do in advance to demonstrate your residency status in case it ever raises an eyebrow. If the high-tax state tries to tax you as a resident, here’s what it will consider and how you can prove that you’re a resident of the low-tax state….