LICENSE AGREEMENT
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Article II: License
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Licensor:
Teresa Moore, COO
Escapees, Inc.
100 Rainbow Drive
Livingston, Texas 77351
Licensee:
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Article XIII: Attorney’s Fees
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Article XVII: Headings and Construction
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Article XVIII: Counterparts
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19 Responses
Wouldn’t a list of a few specifics be helpful in establishing a paper trail? e.g.- Set up a bank account in the new state or register to vote. This is particularly important for full timers who don’t have a physical home- owned or rented- in a specific state.
Definitely! On our domicile-specific page of the site, we include a step-by-step guide for each Texas, Florida, and South Dakota. https://escapees.com/education/domicile/ Just click on the state in which you’re interested, and you’ll see the steps pop up. While these are specific to each state, many can be applied to whichever state you choose for your domicile.
This article is contradicting what you wrote in “Timing a Domicile”. Essentially, the impression one has after reading both is that domicile is entirely arbitrary, outside of extenuating circumstances, and that a judge can decide whatever they want about it.
People are mainly interested in legally changing domicile for tax and other purposes, so a focussed account of how that works in terms of case law would be very helpful.
We shared your comment with our CEO, Shawn, and this is his reply:
“I don’t see these articles in conflict at all. They expand upon one another. The article entitled “Former State Breakup” deals with the concept of making a clean-break from one state and establishing connections with a new state—which require actual physical presence in a the new state. So, how much time must one spend in their new state to establish and maintain a domicile? The article entitled “Timing Your Domicile” addresses that concept in more depth. Yes. Courts are empowered to make a determine about how much time is sufficient. One day may be sufficient. However, as a best practice, one should make routine trips back to their state (and county) of domicile—as suggested by both articles. For further clarity on a particular set of circumstances, one may always contact Susie Adams (800-260-1615) for a free, personal domicile review.”
What if you have a physical presence in multiple states? We spend, on average, 8 months/year in the RV in various states. My current ‘residence’ is a small rental apartment in San Francisco, which we maintain because it’s my current work state, for which my insurance, benefits, and pay/bonus structure are based. This is the case even though I transitioned to permanent ‘telecommuter’ status years ago. We also have a place on the NC coast, considered a secondary home, that we rent as a vacation rental in our absence. And since we are traveling the vast majority of the time, I’ve updated most mailing addresses for financial stuff to our mailing service, which is in Beaverton, OR. If I look at my credit report, I see the addresses from all 3 states listed as mine. The 2 or 3 months per year we aren’t traveling, we spend it equally in either SF or NC, although we have gone over a year without staying in either. When I retire and no longer what SF to be my primary, but don’t want to give it up either, what hurdles are there to transition to a domicile in yet another state?
Hi Steven!
Yours is a fairly complicated situation. To avoid giving inaccurate advice here, we highly recommend you contact an attorney who specialized in domicile. We direct many of our members to contact K. Susie Adams, an attorney that works closely with our club and our members. Her contact information is in another comment above.
We are wondering if you kept property in a trust in your original state if this would preclude a domicile change to another state…?
Hi Gaius!
For the most accurate answer to your question, we recommend you reach out to Loring and Assocciates directly. K. Susie Adams is their lead domicile attorney now, and can very likely help you with your situation.
I’m actually about a yr away from full timing but thought for financial reasons I’d get the process started. I live with a friend in IN and also work part time on a 1099 basis in IN. I’m thinking due to the high recurring taxes on RV registrations which is coming due in a couple months I’d like to get this started. The other question is I’ve seen mention of court cases and such and wondered why by just someone moving to another state basically would prompt a judge or court to even look at a case like that?
Though we can’t speak for every case that has come to court, in many situations, the closer examination is prompted by something else. For example, a former employer may file their taxes that indicate you should have paid income tax, but you didn’t. They dig deeper and find that you earned that income while living in their state, but now live elsewhere, and pursue measures to obtain that owed income tax. There are also situations related to real estate, property, etc where unresolved issues lead to further legal action, which is when this inconsistency of domicile state is found.
So we currently are selling our house in Washington state and going full time RVing. We are going to travel all over the U.S. and don’t know yet what state we want to settle in when we are done. What are your recommendations since we won’t have a home address anymore?
Hi Judy! Congrats on your full-time ambitions!
To make sure your individual needs are considered, we recommend you reach out to Loring and Associates for domicile advice. They do free consultations for Escapees members, and can offer more in-depth solutions for a fee. You can reach them at 800.260.1615
Here’s my question. If I buy my rv in another state don’t I have to pay the tax and license and all in that state even tho’ I plan on making my domicile in Florida. It’s all confusing to me. Do I buy my rv in Florida to avoid having to do this twice?
Jan, we bought our motorhome in Wisconsin and drove it home with a bill of sale and a temporary plate we had obtained before we left. Once back in Texas, we registered the vehicle and paid the taxes at court house. In 2015 I purchases an auto from a dealership in Louisiana and they handled the Texas registration details for me.
What do we tell the IRS?
We lived in Texas before selling our house there a year ago. We’ve taken the steps of moving our domicile to Sumter Oaks in Florida, gotten new drivers’ licenses, registered vehicles, etc. Do we need to send a Change of Address (form 8822) to the IRS? Part I of the form is titled “Complete This Part To Change Your Home Mailing Address.” We don’t want the IRS mailing things to Bushnell; we want to continue using Livingston, TX for mail. So do we tell the IRS anything at all?
Here is what my CPA said about what to tell the IRS:
“The IRS is not concerned with your domicile unless it is in a foreign country. You do need to let them know if your mailing address changes, so they can send you something if they need to.”
I’m disappointed that Escapees did not provide this answer, but at least now the group has one CPA’s take on it.
Anyone with a pilots license? Did you lose it because you full time with a PMB. I also live in California. Enough said about that. I have chosen South Dakota for numerous reasons. Selling my house in California. The IRS rule for capital gains is $250 k single and $500 k married. California’s take of Capital gains?
The other issue is the real ID act. My wife has a CA. Real ID Driver License,
passport, S.S. card in her maiden name. Military ID in her married name. I have a passport card, CA. DL, Military ID, and S.S. Card.
She wants leave her belonging in CA. Mine are South Dakota bound.
Gary J
Are domicile issues potentially as complicated or less complicated when moving from one non-income tax state to another non-income tax state such as NEVADA to South Dakota? It appears the biggest issues have to do with moving from income tax collecting states to those that don’t have income tax.
In short, the income tax laws only marginally impact the complexity of the change process. The decision to change from one state to another state typically includes an analysis of those laws. But, the actual process of switching does not involve those laws directly.
That said, we highly recommend you speak with a legal advisor regarding detailed questions about the process, as there are many variables that can make the process smoother or harder, depending on the individual. We often direct our members to contact Loring & Associates (who specialize in domicile law) typically offer a free consultation, which sounds like it would be helpful in your case. http://www.loringlaw.com/.