Welcome to Radical Personal Finance headline of today's articles from Bloomberg.

New York's rich get creative to flee state taxes.

Auditors are on to them.

At New Jersey's Teeterboro and Long Island Islip airports, dozens of private jets destined for Florida,

take off at times such as 11.42 PM or 1154 PM.

Over at JFK, a regular flight from San Juan Puerto Rico arrives at a

seemingly purposeful time about 15 minutes after midnight. Meanwhile tax

attorneys tell stories of clients idling and their luxury SUVs near the New Jersey entrance to the George Washington Bridge shortly before 12 a.m.

waiting for the clock to turn before crossing the state line to New York.

When it comes to taxes and the wealthy, every minute matters, especially for those who have left

New York and declared residency elsewhere.

At a time more high earners are departing, or at least are claiming to,

state officials are stepping up already intense scrutiny to make sure former residents have actually

moved. It's a complex operation that involves cutting edge artificial

intelligence and tracking everything from travel to the location of people's pets.

We'll continue in a moment, but the basic outline of this article is something that you

need to be aware of if you are wealthy and you are trying to manage your tax costs properly.

One of the most important concepts in tax planning is to pay the taxes that you owe, but not to inadvertently create a tax obligation through short-sighted behavior.

And one such behavior is spending a significant amount of time

in a high-tax jurisdiction in an unplanned manner.

Now, we'll talk here in just a moment more about the timing,

but one of the most important features

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