Can I live in one state and claim residence in another?

I live in a state that has income tax. Can I change residence to another state without income tax and still maintain a home in my current state?

Public Comments

1. You may have homes in two states but your primary residence is where you reside for more than 6 months, vote in, register your vehicles, pay utilities, have insurance including your health coverage, doctors visits, children attend school.. I maintained two homes in two states and both state taxing authorities scrutinized my paper trail to ensure I was following the letter of the law.
2. only if you work in the state that has no income tax can you claim residency.
3. i do not think you can do that but you can have homes in different countries i am sorry i do not know to much about that stuff i am only a 11 year old girl
4. No. A few pilots from Northwest Airlines tried this a few years ago. They had to pay back taxes to Minnesota plus penalties and interest. It was an expensive lesson to learn.
5. No, state income tax does not work in that way. If you are present in a state and work there, you must report the income to that state (even if you are not a resident of the state). On the resident state, you must report worldwide income for the year included income reported to other states. Read about taxes for two states: http://taxipay.blogspot.com/2008/06/working-in-two-or-more-states.html