Hal_Al
Level 15

State tax filing

Your real question is: what state am I a resident of, for tax purposes. 

 

The answer is not simple and depends on more details.  As @xmasbaby0  suggested, it also depends on who aggressive the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance wants to get. 

 

In general, you are still a resident of the state you lived in prior to going to sea, unless you have taken concrete steps to change it (drivers license, car registration, voting registration etc).