and for every one of those, there’s the other one with a condo in incline village who spends far less than half the year there but claims nevada residence. We are also a group who actually skirts the rules, often proudly.

Ask any pilot living in Florida working as a instructor in the school house if they pay Georgia taxes? You will get a very funny look!

the fact that some people don’t adhere to the rules does not justify a state taking money from other people who do not owe it.

I bet the number of people who do not owe it is very small. All you have to do is send compelling documentation of your situation. I did when I commuted to CA and had zero issues.

Commuting is far more common among airline pilots than tax evasion.

California is unique in that it doesn’t seek out evidence that a pilot is committing tax evasion before making demands.

I was based at LAX and owned a home in SoCal. Paid all CA taxes. Sold my home and transferred to SLC. Built a new home in Utah. Had zero attachments at that point to CA. They sent me letters for five years hounding me for CA income tax. I responded each time with documentation on the sale of my home and transfer to SLC. When the amount they said I owed reached 6 figures I hired a attorney. He sent a letter with the same documents I sent and they finally quit!

This sounds familiar.