when I was stationed in FL, I changed my legal residency to there (and registered to vote there), mostly because they have no state income tax.

I now live in WA (still no state income tax), but kept my residency in FL because (A) there's no incentive to change it, and (B) FL has no vehicle inspections, which is nice since I like to hot-rod sports cars and don't have to deal with emissions equipment requirements.


in a few months, I'll be getting stationed back in NC, and looking to buy a house. Will becoming a homeowner in NC impact my keeping FL residency in any way?

1/20/2008 9:22:32 PM

FL has dual residency.

My dad was an official resident of both NC and FL for years.

1/20/2008 9:28:31 PM

Yeah, you should be fine. NC is a big retirement relocation site for Floridians. You would not believe how common the, "damn Florida yankee is." People move from NY city to Florida, and then spend the summers in western NC. Most of them have houses in both NC and Florida because it's virtually no different from just having a house in NC.

1/20/2008 9:30:57 PM

this is good to know; especially since justin dreams of living in Florida one day

1/20/2008 9:34:43 PM

^^also known as halfbackers. they make it from ny to fl, but only halfway back.

1/21/2008 4:42:04 AM

they call em snowbirds in arizona

http://www.sam-hane.com/sass/snowbird.htm

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 2:52 PM. Reason : "If you don't think it's funny, then you ain't lived in Arizona."]

1/21/2008 2:51:20 PM

i thought for tax purposes it is where your duty station is...thus you have to pay NC income tax right?(and that sucks) Unless you can get away with saying Fl is your duty station, but I am pretty sure that is going to be changed to NC.

1/21/2008 2:56:41 PM