I dont think using a reference address in the US makes you their resident subject to tax. If that is true everyone would use a relative in a no tax state such as Florida or Texas, Nevada, or another one of the nine states. I think this guy is making a selfserving statement, there are test residency requirements that demostrates your connection to a state, just using a reference address alone is not it. If you dont live there for a whole or part of a year or you did not recieve income from within that state is pretty clear indication you are not their resident. Time to become resident of another state( on paper) while you are overseas LOL. Best of luck to you I am pretty confident that guy is not correct but verify with another source even Google has some good info. remember state will angle to get any money specially if you are a high net worth individual. Dont use them as source, they are Biased in their favor.
