Should I Move Out of California Due to the Proposed Wealth Tax?

should I move out of California due to the proposed wealth tax

Should I Move Out of California Due to the Proposed Wealth Tax?

Why now?

 I am currently getting a lot of questions from individuals wanting to change their state tax status to California non-resident due to ab2088. Ab2088 known as the Wealth Tax, is a bill going through the California legislation process. “This bill would impose a 0.4% annual tax rate on resident’s worldwide net worth in excess of $30,000,000, or in excess of $15,000,000 in the case of a married taxpayer filing separately.”[i]

I do not recommend taking action on ab2088 until we have more understanding on the specifics of how an individual will be impacted by the proposed wealth tax; for example, real estate is excluded from the wealth tax.

Guidelines to Change residency:

For your consideration, the following are guidelines for changing residency:

When you convert from a Resident to a Non-resident, California will closely police your move.

California uses a list of factors to determine residency for a DMV application.[ii]

However, when it comes to moving from the state, they expand the resident criteria.

FTB Publication 1031[iii] gives guideline for determining resident status:

The weightiest factors are the following:

  • Amount of time you spend in California versus amount of time you spend outside California.
  • Location of your spouse/registered domestic partner and children.
  • Location of your principal residence.
  • State that issued your driver’s license.
  • State where your vehicles are registered.
  • State in which you maintain professional licenses.
  • State in which you are registered to vote.
  • Location of the banks where you maintain accounts.
  • The origination point of your financial transactions.
  • Location of your social ties, such as your place of worship, professional associations, or social and country clubs of which you are a member.
  • Location of your real property and investments.
  • Permanence of your work assignments in California.

Finally:

In California, there is no statutory resident provision of the law, but if you spend more than nine months there in any one year, they will presume you are a resident and it’s up to you to prove otherwise.

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[i] https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2088

[ii] https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/uploads/2020/06/residency_docslist.pdf

[iii] https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2017/17_1031.pdf

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