Does buying an acre of land in Maine.... (Milo: camping, live)

[Submariner]

Maybe a tax bill then ?

[Siobjuan]

I tried the tax bill and they said that does not prove there is a legal dwelling on the land. Must be a utility bill.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by Siobjuan

I tried the tax bill and they said that does not prove there is a legal dwelling on the land. Must be a utility bill.

'A legal dwelling' Hmm, that is interesting.

I wonder how folks that have no utilities would do it.

[wabanaki]

if you have a second house in Maine, you will tax bill, utility bill. but why would you want to be Maine resident if you live some where else.

[mensaguy]

Originally Posted by wabanaki

if you have a second house in Maine, you will tax bill, utility bill. but why would you want to be Maine resident if you live some where else.

Well, for one thing, the other state where I have a house does not provide a pension credit on state income taxes. That state also offers a homestead exemption, but only if you are over 65.

[Christinerica]

A sorta update...I was perusing Craig's list and found the folowing ad. Wow it seemed a perfect fit for me, a camper and a wee bit of land. I contacted the person and was all set to head north on Monday until I contacted the Code ENforcement office of Milo Maine. I got told the owner had filled in a wet land and to place a camper there for any length of time would require a septic system.

31' Camper and Land

[SportFury59]

That does sound good. Half an acre seems kind of small though, imo, anyway.
As far as septic system goes, I wonder how a holding tank, if permitted, would work out for limited use of the land. In a wet land that might be all that is allowed anyway. Probably less expensive than a conventional system or a mound.

[Maineac]

To answer the OP's original question: google "Maine Residency" and the concept of domicile (a Federal concept). Domicile is basically where you have lived and where you intend to return. A two year stint in CA for work could still leave your domicile in Maine, but you won't pay Maine income taxes. It can be a gray area. But the Maine tax people don't take kindly to, say, Maine Maritime Academy grads setting up with family in NH, or getting a P.O. Box and going to sea. They targeted and harassed many, many MMA (and Calhoun in MD) grads into the dirt over income taxes while these guys were at sea in their careers. Low hanging fruit, but some of them won. And no, simply buying land in Maine just gets you a property tax bill. You need to legally establish "residency", which is 183 days a year, which leads to the good 'ol State of Maine claiming income taxes no matter where you made your money. There's an offset for taxes paid elsewhere, by the way, up to the equivalent of what you would have paid in Maine. If you made the money in NH (no State income tax), for example, you owe the full boat.

[mainelander]

you can find a camper and land separately for far less than that.

[Christinerica]

I was hoping so...looking.

It seems that code enforcement is trying to prevent "gypsies' such as I from buying a parcel of land and placing a camper on them, by insisting that a septic system be built. My thoughts were to use a composting potty. I don't know, maybe ill just wait a bit longer, buy a smallish home, and then use the camper for a snowbird detachment during the darkest of winter