What should a Green Card holder who moved from Texas to California in May answer in "Your State of Domicile"?

[rupeshaki]

I moved from Texas to California in May. I bought a house in California in December. I am Green Card holder.
What should be the answer for "Your state of Domicile"?

The question is "Where were you domiciled?"
I still hold passport of a foreign country but a green card of USA.
If I should select "In the United States" then should California be the "State of Domicile" because for the foreseeable future, this is where I am going to live?

[pk]

@rupeshaki , if currently your "home" is in California  and you have met the "resident" requirements of California  then you are resident/ domiciled  in California -- irrespective of your immigration status ( Citizen/Green Card/ Resident for Tax purposes etc. ).

Does that make sense?

Namaste

pk

[rupeshaki]

Thanks pk.

California is my "home" but I lived in the state only for 7 months in 2021.

This is what I found online for "resident" requirements: "You will be presumed to be a California resident for any taxable year in which you spend more than nine months in this state. Although you may have connections with another state, if your stay in California is for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, you are a California resident."

Since my stay in California is NOT temporary, I will go with "Domiciled in California" option.

Namaste!

[pk]

@rupeshaki  Namaste

You are correct in keeping it simple and declare yourself a resident of California --- closer connection etc.  However, if your earnings  for the year 2021 were mostly in Texas  and you spent only part of the year earning in California, then it may be better to  declare yourself  part-year resident  and thus avoid  CA taxes on the income earned in Texas.

Does  that make sense?   

If you want a more specific answer,  suggest you PM and provide me more details of your situation --- this is public  board and personally identifiable info should not  placed here.

Namaste ji

pk