Re:Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
by steelframe on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @09:40PM
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> Get the job from the bay area and then move.
What’s to keep you from getting a job that’s ostensibly in Washington state and then moving to California? I believe that’s called, “tax evasion.”
Re:Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
by d110af5ccf on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:36PM
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The company might or might not need to pay taxes differently on its end.
On your end, you (the individual) are required to file an income tax return with the state you reside in. If you lie and say you are unemployed that's very obviously fraud.
Whether the company you work for is willing to deal with any extra tax paperwork that might be required if you relocate is of course an open question.
Re:Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
by dheera on Thursday June 10, 2021 @01:17AM
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What is defined as relocating anyway? If you work out of a camper van can't you just file taxes in any state you fancy driving to?
Re:Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
by d110af5ccf on Thursday June 10, 2021 @03:37AM
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No, there are residency laws in each state. I'm not sure what happens when they conflict. For example, camping for 1 month each year in WA isn't going to get you out of paying CA income taxes if you own a home there that you live in the other 11 months of the year.
Re:Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
by parafactual on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:31PM
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Is that illegal?
Once you have the job, you're a black box that takes inputs and spits out work outputs in return for a monthly payment, and the company doesn't need to care where you actually are doing the work, as long as the black box works to specs (the JD).