@nurse_seavey wrote:
Thank you Opus17! I am still a little confused, but your response is much appreciated! We consider Alaska our domicile. As far as residency goes, we moved to Maine in January and have been here the entire year. We bought the house in June, which seems to be the biggest factor in residency for taxes. I'm trying to figure out a way to stay an Alaskan resident for taxes (for my employer). Any ideas? Do you think it's possible for me to claim non-residency and my husband to claim residency? Or am I just hoping against hope here...?
Read the Maine residency document. Even if you are not domiciled in Maine, you are clearly a statutory resident of Maine (you lived in the state more than 183 days and you have a permanent place of abode). The facts that you describe would not support a claim that you were a non-resident.
I don't understand what you mean by "figure out a way to stay an Alaskan resident for taxes (for my employer)".
If you are talking about your state income tax withholding, that bridge has long since been crossed. You will owe Maine income tax on all your world-wide income, beginning on the date in January that you moved to Maine. If you did not have Maine tax withheld, you will owe a big tax bill when you prepare your return. This is because you are a statutory resident of Maine even if you are not domiciled there.
If you are talking about some other legal provision involving your employer (such as, your employer gets special treatment for employing Alaska residents) you will have to discuss with them whether you can continue to call Alaska your domicile and whether that is enough for your employer.
