Escape from New York

For Rick Heine, a new line on his New York tax bill was the last straw.

The president and CEO of Flightdocs, then based in Long Island, N.Y., got hit with yet another tax — this one from the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority in 2008. The company, which was based near the Islip airport, manages the maintenance records for more than 3,600 corporate aircraft.

The new tax wasn't a significant amount of money, but for Heine it was the feather that tipped the tax pile. He remembers going home after that night and deciding to move his family and his business to Florida.