Where you will run into trouble is with getting paid if you work for a company in New York. If you don't draw a paycheck from a company based in New York, or have anyone paying you so much that you file a 1040, there will probably be little way for them to catch on.
However if you get a driver's license or register your car there, then you may start getting snagged. If that happens you will be deep in see-a-CPA territory, since you'll need to prove that your primary residence really isn't in NY, and that you paid taxes on all of your income in another state, didn't earn any of it while working there, etc.
If you put down your New York address on any payroll forms though, it's pretty much all over. I have heard anecdotally they are extremely aggressive (and also don't have the rules against double-taxation) compared to other states.
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Where you will run into trouble is with getting paid if you work for a company in New York. If you don't draw a paycheck from a company based in New York, or have anyone paying you so much that you file a 1040, there will probably be little way for them to catch on.
However if you get a driver's license or register your car there, then you may start getting snagged. If that happens you will be deep in see-a-CPA territory, since you'll need to prove that your primary residence really isn't in NY, and that you paid taxes on all of your income in another state, didn't earn any of it while working there, etc.
If you put down your New York address on any payroll forms though, it's pretty much all over. I have heard anecdotally they are extremely aggressive (and also don't have the rules against double-taxation) compared to other states.