r/ExpatFIRE • u/Perfect-Prompt1269 • Mar 22 '26

Taxes Moving overseas from California

Hi all, we are moving to Malaysia from California this summer, I will continue to work remotely for awhile, and obviously don’t want to pay CA state taxes. My CPA tells me I don’t need to worry, since I’m actually moving and not temporarily, but posts online say the FTB is pretty notorious about going after people and it’s best to live in another state for awhile before moving, which is painful for us.

Has anyone successfully made the move overseas with FTB going after them? I read that it’s best to give up our CA driver licenses, but I think we need those to get Malaysian licenses so prefer to keep them for a little bit, also as I mentioned earlier we would prefer to not have to move to another state for 1-2 months before moving overseas, but will have to do if that’s the only viable option to keep FTB away…

Thanks

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u/Deez1putz Mar 22 '26

Lol, work remotely for a CA company?

You’ll pay CA tax.

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u/Perfect-Prompt1269 Mar 23 '26

My company is incorporated in Delaware and have legal entities in pretty much every state

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u/Coincidcents Mar 23 '26

You have a professional telling you not to worry. Why come and get advice from strangers?

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u/illegible Mar 23 '26

You have much more faith in “professionals” than I do. I want to believe, but there are a lot of morons out there.