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New York State runs one of the most aggressive residency audit programs in the country, targeting individuals who change their official residency to lower-tax states. The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance focuses on two main rules to tax your worldwide income: domicile and statutory residency.

How New York Determines Residency
    • Domicile Test: Your permanent home. You keep your domicile in NY until you prove you abandoned it and established a new permanent home elsewhere with the intent to stay. You can only have one domicile.
    • Statutory Residence Test: Triggered if you keep a permanent home in NY for "substantially all" of the year and spend 184 days or more physically in the state. Any part of a day counts as a full day.

The Five Primary Domicile Factors
When evaluating a move, auditors weigh five core elements detailed in the state's nonresident audit rules:
    • Home: The size, value, and upkeep of your NY home versus your new home.
    • Active Business Involvement: Where you manage or work your primary business.
    • Time: The pattern and ratio of days spent inside versus outside New York.
    • Near and Dear: The location of high-value personal items, family heirlooms, artwork, pets, and exercise equipment (the famous "teddy bear test").
    • Family: Where your spouse and minor children live and go to school.

Common Audit Triggers & Digital Footprints
    • Moving to a state with no income tax (like Florida) while keeping a NY property.
    • Changing your address right on January 1st.
    • Auditors cross-reference E-ZPass logs, cell phone tower/GPS data, credit card charges, gym swipes, and social media geotags to rebuild your daily whereabouts.
 
New York State runs one of the most aggressive residency audit programs in the country, targeting individuals who change their official residency to lower-tax states. The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance focuses on two main rules to tax your worldwide income: domicile and statutory residency.

How New York Determines Residency
    • Domicile Test: Your permanent home. You keep your domicile in NY until you prove you abandoned it and established a new permanent home elsewhere with the intent to stay. You can only have one domicile.
    • Statutory Residence Test: Triggered if you keep a permanent home in NY for "substantially all" of the year and spend 184 days or more physically in the state. Any part of a day counts as a full day.

The Five Primary Domicile Factors
When evaluating a move, auditors weigh five core elements detailed in the state's nonresident audit rules:
    • Home: The size, value, and upkeep of your NY home versus your new home.
    • Active Business Involvement: Where you manage or work your primary business.
    • Time: The pattern and ratio of days spent inside versus outside New York.
    • Near and Dear: The location of high-value personal items, family heirlooms, artwork, pets, and exercise equipment (the famous "teddy bear test").
    • Family: Where your spouse and minor children live and go to school.

Common Audit Triggers & Digital Footprints
    • Moving to a state with no income tax (like Florida) while keeping a NY property.
    • Changing your address right on January 1st.
    • Auditors cross-reference E-ZPass logs, cell phone tower/GPS data, credit card charges, gym swipes, and social media geotags to rebuild your daily whereabouts.
I see what prompted your response. Win, pay your taxes and THEN leave for good to reduce future taxation, both fed and state.

I have a few cases on the issues you mentioned. Most are going my way at this point.
 
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