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States Square Off Over Taxing Remote Workers’ Income

Source: https://wsj.com/articles/states-square-off-over-taxing-remote-workers-income-11608735600 - Dec 24, 2020

The rise of remote workers during the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court over which state gets to tax their income.

More than a dozen states submitted legal briefs this week to weigh in on a petition that New Hampshire filed with the court in October to stop Massachusetts from taxing residents working remotely. The petition says Massachusetts doesn’t have the right to tax the income of New Hampshire residents who previously commuted to their jobs in Massachusetts but now work from home.

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