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Moving from California to Puerto Rico to Avoid Crypto Tax

Many California residents wish to avoid paying US capital gains tax and California income tax on their crypto assets, but don’t wish to give up their US citizenship and pay an expatriation tax (to learn more about expatriation tax planning, click here).  With Congress and the IRS now taking steps to…

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Vulnerable to Becoming a California Tax Resident? What Should You Do to Protect Yourself and Your Nonresident Spouse?

It is a common in my practice to have one spouse become vulnerable to being treated as a California income tax resident, while the other does not.  Most often this happens because one spouse remains in California when the other returns home to run a business or work.  It can…

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California Domicile Change: On What Day Does it Occur? (Appeal of Bracamonte) Part II

In Part I of this Blog entry (click here), we discussed the facts of the Bracamonte Case and some of the observations about them made by the Office of Tax Appeals.  In Part II of this Blog entry, we discuss the panels’ remaining observations, what they mean for future domicile changes…

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California Domicile Change: On What Day Does it Occur? (Appeal of Bracamonte) Part 1

For California income tax purposes, a person has their domicile in California if, at any point: (a) California has become their true, fixed and permanent home where they have their most settled and permanent connections; and (b) they have not effectively changed their place of domicile to a new location thereafter.  To change…

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