· 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
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- 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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