I employed a California resident, so now I’m subject to its regulations

Re:I employed a California resident, so now I’m subject to i... by jrs235 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @12:39PM (#31194731)

This became a concern last year when companies were allowing Work From Home (WFH) but people were taking it as Work Remote. WFH means working from HOME not from a coffee shop, library, etc. And it certainly means not while in another state/country. It complicates taxes. I can see companies that allow WFH or Remote Work clarifying and forcing employees to sign an agreement regarding these clarifications and the employee must indemnify the company and pay for any additional tax compliance expenses and/or government fines [to the company] should they violate them.

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Re:I employed a California resident, so now I’m subject to i... by alistairSH on Thursday April 28, 2022 @12:44PM (#31194798)

I can see companies that allow WFH or Remote Work clarifying

My employer did just this. Nothing crazy restrictive (or at least nothing unexpectedly so, given the nature of local taxation etc). IIRC, it's basically "if you're going to work somewhere for more than 2 weeks, you need approval from your management chain (who has to submit requests to HR/payroll)."

There was additional language about international travel. We have many Indian (and other immigrant) teammates living in the US who travel home for extended periods.

I did just shy of 2 weeks in Florida earlier this month, all that required was a heads-up to my direct manager, no approval required.

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Re:I employed a California resident, so now I’m subject to i... by Teknoman117 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @12:48PM (#31194843)

My employer did the same thing. They told all of us that they understood if we moved around because of the changing situation, but not to work from outside the state without approval.

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Re:I employed a California resident, so now I’m subject to i... by georgeburdell on Thursday April 28, 2022 @12:56PM (#31194939)

2 weeks sounds a bit restrictive. I was under the impression that 6 months was the guideline to establish residency. I know several people who worked in the East Coast/Hawaii for multiple months, including myself, without letting their management chain know. We did eventually get e-mails warning us about tax implications, based on VPN usage, but no follow-up.

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Re:I employed a California resident, so now I’m subject to i... by leeter on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:02PM (#31195016)

It's not, it's generally the line for a specific state to care. We've had consultants at my current employer who have to figure out exactly how many days they've spent in Arkansas because Arkansas wants income taxes for the days they worked in state. Technically even one day working in Arkansas triggers this... to the point we've had people refuse to work on that client because it seriously complicated their taxes.

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Re:I employed a California resident, so now I’m subject to i... by astura on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:13PM (#31195160)

This is called a "jock tax" because it's mostly aimed at collecting revenue from visiting athletes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_tax

>In the United States, the jock tax is the colloquially named income tax levied against visitors to a city or state who earn money in that jurisdiction.

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Re:I employed a California resident, so now I’m subject to i... by legalcorrection on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:22PM (#31195299)

Florida is easy. No income tax and lax employment laws.

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