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· 6/22/1988

Reiersen v. Commissioner of Revenue

Citations

  • 524 N.E.2d 857
  • 26 Mass. App. Ct. 124

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • domicile is where the plaintiff intended to make “his home and the center of his business, social, and civic life”
  • board was not “required to believe Reiersen’s expressions of intent, but they were uncontroverted and reinforced, rather than weakened, by the nonsubjective evidence”
  • plaintiff domiciled in Philippines even though he owned property in Worcester, listed Worcester address on passport, and maintained Massachusetts driver's license and bank account
  • must consider whether objective evidence reinforced or weakened plaintiff's claim of domicil
  • taxpayer found to be foreign domiciliary exempt from Massachusetts income tax

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Judges: Grant, Kass, Smith

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