“So, in that case, should the Texan be paying taxes to NYC for that week because he was earning money while present there?”
I think that’s exactly what happens with professional athletes. They end up paying income tax to each state in which they play that have income taxes, based on a percentage of their salary. So if they live in Florida which has no income tax, the owe taxes for the days spent playing in Illinois or California. It’s crazy.
We are getting the inet sales tax count on it. This was already settled but SC took it up again and that can only mean we are getting it this time.
Actually, that’s consistent with other work.
If you’re an independent contractor that does work in multiple jurisdictions, you pay based on what you make in that jurisdiction. Only diff w/players is they are paid by the league, hence the percentage.
Border states typically have arrangements whereby if you are paying income tax on what you earn in the home state, you get a pass of the income tax in the state where work performed.
However, business income will get apportioned among the jurisdictions base on where the work is performed. So if you’re a carpenter in Virginia that works in DC, MD, and VA, you’d only pay income tax based on where you live, but the owner of the company pays tax on their profit in each jurisdiction.
Bottom line, it’s already complicated enough. Taxes and regs are already keeping businesses down, adding this sales tax mess to the already complicated mix would be a freaking disaster.