Become a Resident of South Dakota

Full time RV residents and telecommuting professionals have discovered the tax benefits of establishing residency in the state of South Dakota. Recent rumors from the Nevada state legislature for future plans to begin taxing those who previously went untaxed in their state have prompted many to begin the search for the next best tax haven.

Being a resident of South Dakota would yield the following tax benefits:

--No state income tax

--No state inheritance tax

--No personal property tax

--No intangible tax on investments

--Low vehicle licensing fees

--Some of lowest passenger car insurance rates in the nation.

Establishing yourself as a resident of South Dakota is a relatively simple process. There are multiple mail forwarding services in South Dakota that will be more than happy in assisting you along the way. When you subscribe to the mail forwarding service you will be issued a new address in South Dakota that you can begin distributing to your contacts. This address will be your address of residence.

For folks who would like a South Dakota driver's license, the process is a little more involved. Prior to January 1, 2010 a person could apply for a South Dakota driver's license from a distance. Today a person who is not already a resident of South Dakota must stay at least one night in a campground, motel, or hotel in order to be able to show a receipt from your stay to the driver's license office. This can be done in any city of the state which issues licenses. When you take this receipt to the licensing office you will report your address as that of the one issued to you by the mail forwarding service. The only reason that a person must spend the night in South Dakota and get a receipt from the place they stay is so that the South Dakota licensing office is in compliance with the Federal Real ID Act which allows license holders to board airplanes in the U.S., enter federal buildings, etc.

The services that mail forwarding offices in South Dakota can offer are invaluable to many RV travelers and road junkies. For those who work from the road and see no point in being taxed by a state that they don't even live in for most of the year, establishing yourself as a resident of South Dakota may be the best way to save the most money on end of year taxes.

Look into South Dakota mail forwarding businesses that offer document scanning and electronic mail delivery for the most convenient way to keep track of your mail from anywhere in the world.