State Income Tax Responsibility When Working Remote
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State Income Tax Responsibility When Working Remote
I'm going to be moving from NY to Florida in 2022 and will remain with my company--working remotely. My understanding is once I gain Florida residency, I'll no longer be responsible for paying NYS and NYC income tax and my company's payroll department should stop withholding these taxes. However, in speaking with tax accountants, the messages I'm getting are unclear and, in some cases, conflicting.
Also, folks that have made a similar move have communicated different experiences. For example, some are saying that, yes, as soon as they've moved, their company stopped withholding state/city income tax. I heard someone else say that since their company doesn't have a Florida-based office, they are required to continue paying NY income tax.
If you have insight on this, it would be great if you could share. Thanks
Also, folks that have made a similar move have communicated different experiences. For example, some are saying that, yes, as soon as they've moved, their company stopped withholding state/city income tax. I heard someone else say that since their company doesn't have a Florida-based office, they are required to continue paying NY income tax.
If you have insight on this, it would be great if you could share. Thanks
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I recently did the same thing.
I was remote with mega corp and moved. I went into HR software and changed my address effective the day I closed on the house, everything auto updated immediately. My wife was remote with a mega corp and did the exact same thing with the same outcome.
In speaking with others, I've found that complications enter the picture when you were not full remote prior to the pandemic. In those scenarios I've heard of companies not allowing the switch to be made immediately or requiring some other hurdle to be met. I could never understand that because the employer should just be executing where you claim residency for tax purposes. Ultimately where you pay taxes has nothing to do with your employer, it's between you and the IRS/state.
I was remote with mega corp and moved. I went into HR software and changed my address effective the day I closed on the house, everything auto updated immediately. My wife was remote with a mega corp and did the exact same thing with the same outcome.
In speaking with others, I've found that complications enter the picture when you were not full remote prior to the pandemic. In those scenarios I've heard of companies not allowing the switch to be made immediately or requiring some other hurdle to be met. I could never understand that because the employer should just be executing where you claim residency for tax purposes. Ultimately where you pay taxes has nothing to do with your employer, it's between you and the IRS/state.
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New York is quite efficient at claiming income for themselves even if you are not physically in NY. If your company has no presence in Florida, and all the work you are doing supports their operations located in NY, you likely have NY taxable income
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_form ... pdf#page=7
I have had folks who were working in VA for a NY company, were never present in NY, but all their work supported the company operations in NY, they had NY income
So while there are lots of examples like the post above, NY is a more complicated issue
Mike
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_form ... pdf#page=7
I have had folks who were working in VA for a NY company, were never present in NY, but all their work supported the company operations in NY, they had NY income
So while there are lots of examples like the post above, NY is a more complicated issue
Mike
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New York has a telecommuting law. They treat your telecommuting income as if it were earned in NY state, unless you have been formally re-assigned to an office outside NY.
If your company has only NY offices, then you will likely owe NY state tax on all your wages.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresi ... ecommuting
If your company has only NY offices, then you will likely owe NY state tax on all your wages.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresi ... ecommuting
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Yes, makes sense. Thanks for sharing!
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This does not affect me in any way. However, I wonder if this has been tested in the courts? It seems strange that a state can tax your income when you have no presence in that state.senex wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:09 pm New York has a telecommuting law. They treat your telecommuting income as if it were earned in NY state, unless you have been formally re-assigned to an office outside NY.
If your company has only NY offices, then you will likely owe NY state tax on all your wages.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresi ... ecommuting
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Is your company officially moving you or are you doing this on your own without your company's knowledge?
What does your payroll department say?
What does your payroll department say?
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Thanks, this is very helpful--although not what I wanted to hear.
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I believe that if you were previously paying New York City (not state) income tax, if you're no longer an NYC resident, you won't have to continue paying. So that's something, at least.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nyc_yon ... idents.htm
Edited to add that NY is pretty strict about this as well: below are the residency definitions. The upshot is that if you are renting or own a place in NYC, it's very hard to not be an NYC resident, even if you haven't been to NYC in a long time.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/pit_def ... m#domicile
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nyc_yon ... idents.htm
Edited to add that NY is pretty strict about this as well: below are the residency definitions. The upshot is that if you are renting or own a place in NYC, it's very hard to not be an NYC resident, even if you haven't been to NYC in a long time.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/pit_def ... m#domicile
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MA did this to NH residents. Prior to COVID work-from-home (WFH), MA would rebate you the number of days that you worked out of state. With so many employers having everyone WFH, if you weren't WFH before, you weren't eligible to for rebates now that you were. NH tried to sue MA, but was rejected by the US Supreme Court.sport wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:14 pmThis does not affect me in any way. However, I wonder if this has been tested in the courts? It seems strange that a state can tax your income when you have no presence in that state.senex wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:09 pm New York has a telecommuting law. They treat your telecommuting income as if it were earned in NY state, unless you have been formally re-assigned to an office outside NY.
If your company has only NY offices, then you will likely owe NY state tax on all your wages.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresi ... ecommuting
I do not know how this impacts people who are newly-hired with the understanding that they'd be fully remote vs WFH options.
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In CA it's almost impossible to 'leave' for tax purposes.
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Not completely true. Where a company's employees are located can affect a lot of things from taxes (income, sales, property) to insurance to legal liability. Also, if your company doesn't have any employees in a state, the company isn't going to be happy that they now have to setup accounts and file/pay in another state just for you.VoiceOfReason wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:01 pm Ultimately where you pay taxes has nothing to do with your employer, it's between you and the IRS/state.
Moving from NY - you are going to have to consider the convenience of the employer rule as fabdog noted.
I disagree with the broad sweeping statements that it's difficult to change domicile away from NY or CA, or any other state. For the vast majority of people, it's actually pretty simple. It becomes difficult for the uber-wealthy because they generally have strong ties in many states and often still spend a significant amount of time in the state that they are leaving after their change of domicile.
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You are correct. Notify payroll of your change in residency and you will be all set.TargetingFI wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:59 pm I'm going to be moving from NY to Florida in 2022 and will remain with my company--working remotely. My understanding is once I gain Florida residency, I'll no longer be responsible for paying NYS and NYC income tax and my company's payroll department should stop withholding these taxes. However, in speaking with tax accountants, the messages I'm getting are unclear and, in some cases, conflicting.
Also, folks that have made a similar move have communicated different experiences. For example, some are saying that, yes, as soon as they've moved, their company stopped withholding state/city income tax. I heard someone else say that since their company doesn't have a Florida-based office, they are required to continue paying NY income tax.
If you have insight on this, it would be great if you could share. Thanks
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Just to clarify for others, the Supreme Court refused to take the case; it did not uphold the law. This was after the Court asked the U.S. Solicitor General to weigh in, and the position of the Solicitor General was that the case should not be taken up. It's not a decision that is precedential.exodusNH wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:08 pmMA did this to NH residents. Prior to COVID work-from-home (WFH), MA would rebate you the number of days that you worked out of state. With so many employers having everyone WFH, if you weren't WFH before, you weren't eligible to for rebates now that you were. NH tried to sue MA, but was rejected by the US Supreme Court.sport wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:14 pmThis does not affect me in any way. However, I wonder if this has been tested in the courts? It seems strange that a state can tax your income when you have no presence in that state.senex wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:09 pm New York has a telecommuting law. They treat your telecommuting income as if it were earned in NY state, unless you have been formally re-assigned to an office outside NY.
If your company has only NY offices, then you will likely owe NY state tax on all your wages.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresi ... ecommuting
I do not know how this impacts people who are newly-hired with the understanding that they'd be fully remote vs WFH options.
For NY, the convenience rule generally (though, not how the Department was applying it to COVID-19 specifically) was upheld as Constitutional by the NY Court of Appeals (twice) and the US Supreme Court also refused to hear both cases.
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