Establishing Residency

[James]

I wanted to open a discussion topic on establishing residency for
tuition purposes for people to share info and experiences. To get
things started, i have uploaded the university paperwork to the
'files' section of the group. It can also be found here:
http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/residence/

From what i can tell, we need to submit a petition for residency by
June of 2009 to qualify for the fall semester. To do so, you will
need the following:

1. Register to Vote (need voter registration card or affidavit)
2. California Drivers License
3. California Bank Account
4. Membership in California Organizations?
5. File 08 Taxes as a CA resident (W2)
6. A permanent CA address listed on URSA
7. Other documents proving physical presence in CA (ie. receipts,
credit card bills, etc.)

If you read anything differently, or have tips, comments, or
experiences to share; this is the place to do it.

I love bureaucracy.

-James

[Leon]

Hey James,

Thanks for this... having this thread active could save us all a lot
of loot.

Does filing a CA tax return mean paying taxes on wages earned before
moving there? ...I doubt that, but it could lead to a painful April if
it does.

[Michael Frederick]

As I have interpreted it paying CA taxes would only need to be retroactive if your trying to establish residency earlier than when your going to physically moving to CA.  For example if I wanted to get residency starting at the begging of this past summer rather than starting right now I could have gotten a CA address, transferred all my permanent records (mail, bills, ect) to that address but kept working in Seattle as long as I was paying CA taxes while working out of state.  Its something about how you intend to live wherever you pay taxes even if don't work where you live.  So the short answer is no you shouldn't have to retro-actively pay taxes to CA for money earned before moving there......

 

Michael