Don't get a NY state ID. You have to file paperwork to become an official citizen of New York (eg, your primary residence). My wife and I had to do this when I moved from Ohio to NY for university. Naturally, I'm not a lawyer/accountant/etc; contact a CPA for full information.
> Don't get a NY state ID. You have to file paperwork to become an official citizen of New York (eg, your primary residence).
I'd be surprised if NY was that lenient.
CA isn't. I know of cases where they went after folks who had no CA property and hadn't been in the state for months before receiving income that CA wanted to tax.
CA says that you're a resident after a small number of days for the purposes of car registration. I'd be surprised if they were more lenient when income was involved.
CA wants income taxes from folks who win money in golf tournaments or play professional sports a couple of times a year in CA.
Residency is tricky. There's an infamous case where >100% of an estate was owed in taxes because several states managed to claim that the deceased was a resident of their state for the purposes of taxation.
That is how I thought it usually works. When you start filing paperwork with the state, eg: getting a driver's license and renting, they try to tax you.
> When you start filing paperwork with the state, eg: getting a driver's license and renting
Renting doesn't involve filing paperwork with the state, at least not in the US. (FWIW, ownership does not establish residency - you can own property in a state where you're not a resident.)
My point is that states often think that you're a resident even if you haven't filed any paperwork with them. Yes, there are cases (such as driving or bringing a car into the state) where they penalize you for not filing paperwork, but in others, they just tax you.
