So how does that strategy work? You claim the VT home as a primary residence and pay income tax in the US instead?
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Almost. You make the US address primary, leave Canadian residency, don’t hit the 183 day threshold. If you’re not an American citizen, you also don’t spend enough time in US to trigger taxes. I go south Jan-April so there’s no way I can be in either Canada or USA and risk triggering the tax threshold. You can still get VT drivers license, etc but it’s not a license with residency privileges.
So (mostly) tax free in USA. There’s some f federal obligations, but there’s also clawbacks on foreign non-resident tax payer. Plus non-USA based income doesn’t need to be declared to USA in this circumstance
