re: California areas tax revenue implications. How will counties survive?

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And what can they do if you just tell them to get bent after you change your DL??

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Simple answer, you probably will get your assets seized down the line. Your credit probably gets wrecked.

You need to prove your don't owe the taxes. It really isn't an innocent until proven guilty world when it comes to tax assessments.

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I had to send in a 100 page dossier

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And think of how many people they pay to sort through that.

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It usually isn't going to be looked at by more than a few people in the case of a individual tax assessment. And when everything was boiled down, it was whether a business was sold before or after the date she moved out of the state.

I was able to put 90% of the packet together myself and I am pretty sure it was only the guy who was originally assigned the case who looked at my response.

Based on the date we mailed it and when I got his response, I think he read it as soon as it hit his desk, got about halfway through it and threw up his hands.

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The fair program that many bought into for fire insurance has a massive shortfall. $6B in exposure & only $700m cash on hand

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This sounds concerning. But what actually happens is that FAIR is the states insurer of last resort. That means that it cannot go insolvent (and as such aren’t a part CIGA). The state will then put an assessment on every homeowners policy from every carrier in the state to cover the loss.

Basically all homeowners policies already have an assessment listed as a line item. It will just now be significantly more.

Got it. Took me a bit but it's in where you make your money. Makes sense. Still a lot of ifs in this situation but got it. Thx.

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As someone who has tax clients who have moved out of California, they are like the fricking terminator tracking you across the world trying to claw back that tax revenue. I had to send in a 100 page dossier with everything from their outlook calendar, Delta flight records over 5 years, moving yard sale advertisement from crags list, emails back and forth requesting a transfer, and what I believe won the day for me, their dog's vet history showing the canine xanax they needed to transport the dog by plane to the east coast.

They will make your life miserable making sure you keep paying taxes there even if you live across the country. If they can draw any connection between your income and the state, they will say that is enough to claim 100% of it.

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There is a zero percent chance I would've done all that. I move, frick you. A state you no longer live in has no power or authority over you.

Anything beyond "Here is my new address" is effort they don't deserve and are not owed.

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A state you no longer live in has no power or authority over you.

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OK. If you say so. What do I know after about 20 years doing this. You are quite free to try the "screw you, you have no authority here" method if you want. You should make sure to keep a bit of cash on hand when that state puts a lien on your property and your your bank accounts get frozen.

But if you want to have a bank account in this country (along with a lot of other things), you kind of need to give them your social security number and the you will tell the states exactly where you are for them to come get their money.

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The land has value and will be taxed at lot value, which will still be high.

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Would be fair to give them a reprieve. Not of the total, but say 25-30% off for a year or two. Something like that.

They’ll be paying tax on a lot that is unlivable through no fault of their own.

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cut their budget, like normal people do

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That crackhouse state is FAR from normal people

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through no fault of their own.

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And at the fault of the government

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