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#1 10-22-2004 08:49 PM
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Long-term travel vs Relocation
I don't even know where to go about researching this so I'm accepting any help at all.
What are the "rules" concerning long term travel versus relocating? Meaning... say you work and live in one state but you have to work for a year in another state. If you fly back and forth each week and stay in hotels, you're obviously travelling. But what if you rent an apartment for the duration and intend to return to your original home? Have you actually moved or is it like a secondary residence? I know there's some rule about 6 months and one day, but I don't know what that actually is and when it comes into play.
I'm referring basically to things like taxes, driver's license, car registration, that sort of stuff.
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#2 10-23-2004 02:38 AM
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Re: Long-term travel vs Relocation
I live in Michigan, but I was on business in St Louis for 15 months. I paid zero income taxes to Missouri and it didn't play into my filing of taxes at all, either. Everything remained Michigan as far as driver's license, plates (had my Jetta down there for about 8 months), bills, etc. I had an apartment for 12 of those months and hotels the rest of the time.
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#3 10-23-2004 04:46 PM
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Re: Long-term travel vs Relocation
VWjet wrote:
I live in Michigan, but I was on business in St Louis for 15 months. I paid zero income taxes to Missouri and it didn't play into my filing of taxes at all, either. Everything remained Michigan as far as driver's license, plates (had my Jetta down there for about 8 months), bills, etc. I had an apartment for 12 of those months and hotels the rest of the time.
Thanks, that's basically the situation I'd be in. 
There's the additional issue of a service obligation from a scholarship, so I need to make sure I'm not violating that or I'm going to owe a shitload of money. :shock:
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#4 10-23-2004 05:25 PM
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Re: Long-term travel vs Relocation
It all depends which states you are talking about. Some states have deals between them that allow you to "commute" without paying taxes while others, like NY, try their best to get you to pay them taxes.
I used to run into this all the time when I travelled more, get a good accountant to CYA.
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#5 10-23-2004 08:46 PM
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Re: Long-term travel vs Relocation
Jesus is my pilot wrote:
It all depends which states you are talking about. Some states have deals between them that allow you to "commute" without paying taxes while others, like NY, try their best to get you to pay them taxes.
Maryland, DC, and Virginia have such an agreement that you don't pay taxes in your work state/district if you don't live there. I need to find out how it works when you're actually maintaining another residence in another state.
I live in Maryland. I don't have an office, but my "office" is in Bethesda, MD. I was offered a project in Virginia Beach. It's obviously too far to commute and the client will not pay travel, so I'd have to temporarily live in Virginia Beach. My primary residence and office would remain in Maryland though.
Steve, currently I live in MD but I travel to Virginia quite often to our main office in Fairfax. A cop could pull me over next week and then pull me over in early December. He couldn't say anything about my tags. :?
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#6 10-24-2004 06:05 PM
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Re: Long-term travel vs Relocation
Turd Ferguson wrote:
You are right. If you are willing to go through the appeals process, etc, sure, it'd be defeated. But if you are like most, you'd pay the registration and be done with it to not have to deal with it.
Yeah, I'm really not willing to deal with any process, appeals or otherwise. I looked up Virginia tax laws and if I live there for 183 days, then I'm a resident. I really can't risk fucking up the scholarship, so I'm going to have to turn down the project. Damn, and I really wanted to be "that cool friend that lives at the beach." :laugh:
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#7 10-25-2004 04:15 PM
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I actually knew that because I work with a lot of Virginians and they were all bitching about the car property tax not so long ago, whenever it was due. One coworker got nailed on the tax because he moved and there was some deal about having to pay Fairfax City and Fairfax County (he moved from city to county), and it practically doubled his tax bill. Sucked for him. :laugh:
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#8 10-25-2004 05:10 PM
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Isn't I95 65mph all the way through Virginia (with the possible exception of where it going around DC)? I know it's 65mph from the Mixing Bowl (Springfield/Franconia interchange) south....
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#10 10-25-2004 09:40 PM
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Re: Long-term travel vs Relocation
Turd Ferguson wrote:
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Wow, look what I started. Haha 
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