Proposed Tax-Relief Legislation For Teleworkers Gathers Steam

Network World ^ | 5/23/06 | Ann Bednarz

[steve-b]

Backers of a proposed bill to protect teleworkers from onerous state tax rules hope this could be the year the legislation sticks.

If passed, the Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act would prevent states from taxing income that nonresidents who telecommute to an in-state employer earn while working from home.

The legislation is aimed in particular at New York, which is legendary for its stance on nonresident teleworkers. It requires those who sometimes work in the office of their New York employers to pay state taxes -- not only on the income they earn while physically in New York, but also on the income they earn while at home. This often results in a double tax when the telecommuter's home state expects tax on the income the telecommuter earns at home....

[Publius6961]

I have always been of the opinion that bureaucrats who come up with "creative" ways to screw his employers (the taxpayers) should not only be fired, but also his boss.

And they should be forever barred from future public "service"...

[Dilbert56]

I can't wait to get out of New York. Next year this time we should be in a lower tax state, perhaps even one with actual Senators.

[TXnMA]

Just do it! (What a wonderful feeling!)