[qb]

I'm on Penang, Malaysia right now. Sort of stumbled into the digital nomad lifestyle: was living in Berlin and decided it wasn't going to be a good place to be during a pandemic, so I flew to Singapore back in March '20 and just kept going since then. Nomad tax setups vary, there's no one-size-fits-all answer. It depends on your citizenship(s), residency/ies when you started nomading, income, location and type of employer/clients, and where you want to spend time.

[someuser54541]

Very cool! Are you working for a U.S. company?

I'd love to travel and work but I work for a U.S. employer and need to keep a U.S. address, which is an expensive requirement if one doesn't already own property!

[qb]

> Are you working for a U.S. company?

No.

> I'd love to travel and work but I work for a U.S. employer and need to keep a U.S. address, which is an expensive requirement if one doesn't already own property!

How much of a resident do you have to be in the U.S.? Just an address you can receive mail at: https://www.postscanmail.com/. They have a ton of locations, if you want no state income tax + high CoL (for employers doing adjustments): Seattle. Note there's some issues with using these types of addresses (specifically those designated as Commercial Mail Receiving Agencies by the USPS) with some banks and credit card issuers. Probably your employer would be fine with this.

Bona fide South Dakota state residency if you spend a night there: https://www.dakotapost.net/south-dakota-residency-services. Probably not necessary.

[gregjor]

A mail receiving service in the US is not expensive. I used Traveling Mailbox for years to maintain a Seattle address (Washington has no state income tax, so its a good state to establish residency in so you’re only paying Federal income taxes). You will need a real residential address to set that up, and banks require a real address to open an account, but you can then add a mailing address. You should set all that up before you start traveling. Once you have a mailing address in the US your employer/clients won’t know or care that it’s a service.

Mail receiving services scan your postal mail and you can see it online. You can decide to download it, trash it, or forward it to another address. They also receive packages and will forward them. Some will even deposit paper checks for you, though I found I could download check images, add my signature with a photo editing program, then deposit with my bank’s mobile app by photographing the check on my laptop screen (I had clients who paid with paper checks when I was traveling).

[cosmodisk]

What about those mailbox address companies, or they don't quite work in the US?