Traveling Professional Do's and Don'ts
DO
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File as a non-resident in assignment states
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Keep good records. For help with
how to organize your records, click here.
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Maintain a main bank account at your
primary home.
Pick one with national ATM access and on-line banking
- Have one permanent mailing addresses and forward mail to the assignment address.
Businesses similar to the UPS Store have mail forwarding services
- Return home on a regular basis
- If possible, maintain a PRN or agency job at your permanent residence
and work there between assignments
DON'T
- File as a part year resident in assignment states (you are a non-resident)
- Have multiple bank accounts in different states. you can have a second
one for convenience if necessary, but it should be opened under your home
address. not the assignment address.
- Have multiple mailing addresses
- Put assignment addresses on any tax form or legal document. A W2 with
the assignment address is fine
- Use your assignment address to receive mail from financial or legal institutions
- Give in to the temptation to "brag" about your location by putting
assignment address on checks etc.
- Say that you are moving or relocating - you are
temporarily away from home
- Say that you are "going to work" - you have a
temporary assignment
Practical Things You Should Do
- Get familiar with paying bills on-line and have account statements
e-mailed to you. This is the 21st century.
- Get familiar with on-line banking
- Get a laptop
- Use email or text messaging
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