Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
If you're living in that second vacation home after you finish your trips at HNL, you're residing in Hawaii. As the poster above said, States are wising up. They'll audit you and get to the bottom of just exactly where you reside.
Pilots. Can make 200k+ but some will try to skirt and break the law so they can cheap skate their way out of ~ 3-4% total income tax on average. You realize poor people making minimum wage pay state income tax. But some prima dona making 200k with 16 days off has issues paying state income tax.
HI income tax is >10%. This isn't being cheap. Companies take advantage of tax loopholes all the time. This is just being fiscally smart. Most states only require 6 months + 1 day to be a resident. Small price to pay to save hundreds of thousands over the course of ones career. IMO.
Plenty of guys at my CO own crash pads in places they are based but actually live in FL. This isn't an abnormal lifestyle for people like us.