For US nomads leaving CA, NY, NJ, IL, MN, MA

Leave the high-tax state.Keep the proof.

NomadShield is domicile software: a self-serve playbook, generated packets, and a 183-day audit vault. You already pay $10–20/mo for a mailbox. Keep it — we organize the domicile file around it.

— Published software pricing: free calculator, $49 kit, $19/mo Shield.
— Humans optional. Checklists and letters generate in the same session.
— Florida primary, Texas secondary, South Dakota documented with 2026 context.

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Domicile savings & audit risk

See the number before you talk to anyone

Live · not advice

From state

Filing status

Annual income subject to former-state tax

Income mix (risk copy only)

Target domicile

Days already in former state this tax year41

I still own a home / property in the former state

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Estimated annual state income-tax savings

$16,272

5-year projection $81,360·California ~9.04% effective (top 13.3%)

Audit risk Medium · 57W-2 payroll still matters

· California is highly aggressive toward former residents.
· 41 days so far in the former state. The calendar still matters more than the mailbox.

What you still have to do

Get or connect a Florida CMRA address — keep the mailbox you already pay for, or enter one manually.
Plan a Florida trip: lodging nights, a DL appointment window, and receipts in the vault.
Swap the DL and voter registration, then generate severing-ties letters for gyms, doctors, insurers, and HR.
File a Declaration of Domicile with the county clerk — we generate the packet; you or your CPA file it.

Start migration — $49

I already have a mailbox — connect it

Estimate, not advice. NomadShield is a compliance workflow tool — not a CPA, law firm, or tax-advice product. Domicile is facts-and-circumstances. We do not file government forms.

How domicile actually works

A checklist does not move your domicile. Facts do. We organize the facts.

Domicile is intent + facts

Where you live, vote, bank, license, keep doctors, and spend nights. A Florida PMB without those facts is just mail forwarding.

CA and NY audit leavers

Former-resident units look at the calendar, the house you still own, W-2 payroll, and the gym you forgot to cancel. An address is not a defense file.

183 days is a rule of thumb

Useful. Not a safe harbor. Statutory residency (especially NY) and domicile tests can both apply. We log days and still tell you that.

Six steps. State-specific. Same session.

Signup, notary queues, and “your concierge will email you” are someone else’s product. Ours generates the next document before you close the tab.

Address & mail

Connect Anytime Mailbox, PostScan, iPostal1, Traveling Mailbox, Escapees, or US Global Mail. Or type the address. We do not make you rent ours.

Physical presence

Plan the trip. Log nights. Florida and Texas get a DL window. South Dakota gets an honest 1-night tracker — and a warning that 1 night is not a defense.

Driver’s license & vehicle

Official DMV links, an appointment date field, a generated cover sheet. Vehicle is skippable. We never pretend we booked the DMV.

Voter & banking

State portals, a former-state cancellation letter, bank-update checklist, and a W-2 HR callout that does not lie about payroll.

Severing ties

Gym, library, licenses, insurance, CPA, doctors, utilities, employer. Generate letters. Toggle sent.

Declaration / residency file

Florida: county clerk packet. Texas: residency file. South Dakota: affidavit playbook with 2026 risk in the open.

Audit Shield

A Florida address is not a defense file.

CA and NY audit former residents. Log every night, vault the receipts, export a 1-click defense PDF.

Target state Former high-tax state Everywhere else

183 days is a common rule of thumb, not the only domicile test. Shield tracks the calendar anyway — because auditors do.

After the move

The year-after file is the product.

A Florida address gets you started. Audit Shield is the year that follows: nights, receipts, and an exhibit list you can hand a CPA if a notice shows up — $19/mo, or $190/yr.

— Three buckets: target state, former high-tax state(s), everywhere else.
— Evidence vault by category: lodging, travel, medical, gym, fuel, mail, DL.
— 1-click defense PDF: day counts, timeline, exhibit index, disclaimer page.

See Audit Shield pricing →

Flat pricing. Published here. Not in a sales call.

Free

Calculator + risk score
Email capture of your Tax Blueprint

Migration Kit

$49 one-time

Full 6-step engine, one target state
Form packets + letter generator
BYO mailbox connect (preview)

Start migration — $49

Audit Shield

$19 /mo

or $190/yr

183-day logger + watch state
5 GB evidence vault
Defense PDF + in-app reminders

Concierge is waitlist only. If you want a human, book a CPA partner — we will not fake a live CPA chat.

How we sit next to a mailbox concierge

SavvyNomad runs mail and people. NomadShield runs the playbook and the year-after log. Full table on the compare page.

Model

SavvyNomad — Bundled FL address + mail + concierge

NomadShield — Software playbook + audit vault; mail optional

States

SavvyNomad — Florida-first (SD discontinued)

NomadShield — FL / TX / SD playbooks

Mail

SavvyNomad — Forwarding included with the subscription

NomadShield — Bring-your-own mailbox, or enter an address

Pricing

SavvyNomad — Monthly subscription for mail + concierge

NomadShield — Free calculator / $49 kit / $19/mo Shield

After move

SavvyNomad — Mail continues + compliance alerts + CPA chat

NomadShield — 183-day calendar, evidence vault, defense PDF

How you work

SavvyNomad — Concierge-led: notary, mail, guidance

NomadShield — Same-session checklist and generated letters

	SavvyNomad	NomadShield
Model	Bundled FL address + mail + concierge	Software playbook + audit vault; mail optional
States	Florida-first (SD discontinued)	FL / TX / SD playbooks
Mail	Forwarding included with the subscription	Bring-your-own mailbox, or enter an address
Pricing	Monthly subscription for mail + concierge	Free calculator / $49 kit / $19/mo Shield
After move	Mail continues + compliance alerts + CPA chat	183-day calendar, evidence vault, defense PDF
How you work	Concierge-led: notary, mail, guidance	Same-session checklist and generated letters

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Keep their mailbox — or yours. Add the playbook.

SavvyNomad is a Florida mailbox and concierge. NomadShield is domicile software: a 6-step playbook, generated packets, and a 183-day audit file that works with Anytime Mailbox, PostScan, iPostal1, Traveling Mailbox, Escapees, or whatever CMRA you already pay for.

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Aug 31, 2026