SD Resident Buying Property in Arkansas

NRALIFR wrote:

AdvSeekers wrote:
We're South Dakota residents via an Americas Mailbox PMB.

It's been my understanding that PMB's alone cannot be used to claim residency. Do you own a residence in SD?

You'll be paying property/personal property tax to Arkansas, so you'll be assessing with the county your house is in regardless of your SD residency. It's not like you'll be invisible to the state.

I hope you contact a competent tax/legal adviser on this, because your "self employed independent contractor" status is one that can put a lot of different twists on this. Who are you performing work for? Are any of your clients in the state of Arkansas? Even if you're a non-resident, if any of your income is from an Arkansas source, you're supposed to file an income tax return with the state.

Moving to Arkansas Guide

"Non-residents and part-year residents who have received income from any
Arkansas source must file an Arkansas income tax return regardless of their
individual income level. A non-resident is defined as someone who does not
maintain a home or other residence in Arkansas. A part-year resident is defined
as someone who has established a home or other dwelling place in Arkansas at
some time during the previous calendar year or as someone who moved out of
the state during the previous calendar year. A residence is defined as a lodging
place used as a permanent dwelling place or a dwelling place to return to at
some point during the calendar year."

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