[yoav]

Typically when you live in another state for 3 or more months you “establish residency”. Not declaring this properly on your state income taxes is tax evasion.

Lying to your company about residency and tax evasion to receive more money is fraud.

So it sounds like you’re going to have an interesting time either committing fraud or flying back and forth constantly to pull this off?

I bet if you were hired by a company while living in a lower COL city for market rates in that city, and then moved to the Bay area you’d be advocating for getting a COL adjustment to afford Bay area rents.

Considering fraud and tax evasion schemes to avoid the exact same adjustment in the other direction is ridiculous and selfish. If everyone did what you did housing rates would skyrocket in those cities like the Bay area and create even more housing crisis and displacement.