Alaska worker / overseas traveler looking to ditch Oregon residency-real advice wanted
My situation: I grew up in Oregon and my mom still lives there, which is currently my mailing address. I work in Alaska 7 months a year and travel overseas the rest of the time. I only spend 2–3 weeks a year in Oregon. No mortgage, no lease, no property, no financial ties there at all.
I’m still an Oregon resident for tax purposes, though, and paying five figures in state income tax annually feels absurd given how little time I actually spend there. I don’t live there.
I’m looking into domiciling in Texas or Florida instead, but I keep running into mixed reviews about CMRA (commercial mail receiving agency) addresses, some institutions accept them, some don’t. I’ve looked at Escapees and SavvyNomad, but experiences seem inconsistent.
There have to be hundreds of thousands of expats/nomads who’ve solved this. Would love pointers from anyone who’s actually done it…which state, which mail service, and what worked (or didn’t) for banks, DMV, voter registration, etc.
Many thanks.