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Pandemic-boosted remote workforce may be in for a shock at tax time:
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a trend that was already well underway: employers letting their workers perform their jobs remotely, from home, most or all of the time. But even if you and your employer both know exactly where you live and work, you may be surprised to learn that state departments of taxation can have some very different ideas about where "here" is. As a result, Texans, Utahns, and Arkansawyers who work for New York- or Massachusetts-based companies will have income taxes withheld from their paychecks, even if they've never set foot in the home office.
In the wake of the pandemic, dozens of major companies are embracing employees' desire to stay remote, increasing their support for working from home permanently. Some businesses have even closed offices or let leases lapse, counting on a physically distant, flexible workforce to reduce their real estate needs.
In many ways this can be a win/win: employers can save overhead costs on expensive square footage in high-demand cities, and employees can save time and money by skipping the commute and dialing in from, basically, anywhere they want. New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles are expensive; maybe you want to move to Montana and dial in from the woods, or get a nice little ocean-view place in Florida. Unfortunately, as far as the state is concerned, your beachside cabana may as well be squarely in the middle of Manhattan, and you will be taxed as such.
So dear soylentils, are any of you in this situation due to working from home, and what have you heard related to income tax? In addition, for those of you who are outside the U.S., do you have an income tax? If so, how does it work?
(Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Tuesday January 05 2021, @05:26PM (3 children)
why don't you reply to what I wrote in the post you're replying to, instead of "too abundant to list." I didn't say I was wrong. what I said was you're claiming to be right because you don't define double taxed the same way i do.
if i can't deduct the full amount of taxes i pay to somewhere from my total income, i am being double taxed. period. reply to that. oh, you did, and what you said you don't count it like that.
by 13% i mean the tax category, not overall tax divided by total income. i literally said that. so yes, i agree 13% of overall tax is wrong.
no retard, i didn't say i lived in the city 183 days a year. you said i said it. I said I had a hotel room there. so i could change to go downtown, relax between meetings. renting a hotel does not make you a resident.
fuck off douche. i'm not reading your reply. you literally ignore what i said, and keep typing the same bs over and over again. i get it, we don't define double taxed the same way. i get it, you think renting a hotel room somewhere makes you a resident of the state. i get it. i don't agree. what is it you don't get?
don't answer that, i'm not interested in reading it. bbye now loser. why a loser? because you're not in that top tax category so more poor than me, and your way of thinking supports what I consider oppression by the government.
(Score: 2) by rcamera on Tuesday January 05 2021, @07:04PM (2 children)
your stupid is showing again. i did point out your incorrect statements in-line. and you agreed. to almost every single one, so far. seems the only thing we don't agree on is whether or not a state should care about what you paid in a different state.
you didn't say you lived in the city 183+ days. but you did claim to be a statutory resident. let me define that for you;
so - you CHOSE to maintain a PPA in nyc, and spent more than 183 days in the state. you may think that renting a hotel room for a year doesn't make you a resident, but you're wrong. again. go ahead - read the blockquote again; i'll wait. they make the rules, which are easy enough to find and follow if you're interested. none of it even that difficult to understand. as stated earlier, you CHOOSE to complicate your situation, then complain that it's complicated. the rest of us "regular joe-shmoe commuters" put in our 4 hours of commuting per day and deal with it. we're not a bunch of wimps like you apparently are. i mean, come on.. if you learned to stop shitting your pants, you wouldn't need to change cloths between meetings. amiright?
nice to see you take the high road as always. "i have more money than you, so i'm better"; sounds like the parting cry of a whipped bitch who knows they lost an argument. also might not be accurate; annual income != net worth, champ. tax brackets are determined by taxable income, not assets. i thought you were supposed to be the master troll, but boy do you have thin skin. i guess that fits right in with the pampered lifestyle of needing a nap between meetings.
looking forward to your whiny bitch reply because we all know you need to have the last word. and each time it exposes you more and more as a whiny, entitled bitch. "i deserve to use the resources of this municipality, and it's not fair they expect me to pay for that privilege...". boo hoo. cry into your pile of money - sounds like it's making you very happy. boo hoo
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(Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Wednesday January 06 2021, @05:47AM (1 child)
didn't really read most of that, since you just keep repeating the same shit.
ny says i'm a statutory resident because i had a hotel room there i didn't even sleep in. that's bs.
you can't write off the full tax you pay in ny from your total income in ct. that's bs.
it's pretty simple. I'm not surprised can't figure it out though.
i'm not sure what you're not getting here. i'm not the one making things difficult here. these bs tax laws literally don't exist in 99% of the country. but do go on, keep defending getting fucked. i simply moved and took my income and tax dollars elsewhere the next year. i think you just like getting fucked by the man, and hey, nothing wrong with being a faggot. what's funny is you call me a wimp for not taking it in the ass, while you, unlike the rest of the country, support getting railed. you do you i guess.
"privilege to use this municipality" lol. what now? hey, take a look at your hotel bill. see those taxes? about 1/3 of the bill? that's not a privilege - that's a purchase, and ny is one of like 3 places in the whole country that does that. you simply sound like a cuck. you like to watch your wife get railed by a nig while you get it in the ass from the man. that's totally cool, i support all lifestyle choices, and gays and cucks have a right to enjoy the abuse.
(Score: 2) by rcamera on Wednesday January 06 2021, @01:34PM
i'll let you have your last word. enjoy! can't win an argument and jump right into the namecalling. fantastic debate tactic - a sure sign you have nothing to back your bizarre position. looked at a few of your other recent posts; you truly are a low information dunning-kruger mastermind.
well... just one more note; boy do you seem obsessed with homosexuality... how's that closeted thing going for you? or are you officially out yet? now i finally understand what the rented romp-room was for. sad.
and you're the one paying higher tax rate and ridiculous hotel taxes. who is it that's getting it up the ass by "the man"? ;-)
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