A flightplan for snowbirds
Don’t leave a paper trail
If possible, use cash for all transactions when in your old home state to avoid accumulating records that indicate your presence there. For former residents of the Empire State, for example, credit card records documents an afternoon shopping at Barneys or a stopover at Kennedy airport en route to a European destination could count as a full day away from your new home, according to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
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