Thanks for responding so quickly. We have not (yet) filed for a homestead exemption for our property taxes. I believe California allows for part-time residency, especially when you are out of state for much or most of the year, and have never worked in or earned a penny in California. We have no California sourced income, but we know California taxes out-of-state pensions and other income, even those sources that are exempt from state taxes in the state of origin. We travel extensively by RV, which the federal government recognizes as a home, with all the "benefits" of claiming deductions on interest, etc. My question is whether we can become part-time residents of California, and if so, how? We still have a South Dakota mail forwarding service we have used for years, but we're considering changing that, unless it helps to establish that we are, in fact, only in California part time. Not looking to cheat, but we're also not looking to overpay state taxes to a state we don't live in full time, and from which we have no sources of income.
