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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased remote work, multistate income tax and payroll tax withholding responsibilities have received heightened consideration nationwide. Employers keen on retaining and attracting...more
Health practices across Australia have been paying increasing attention to their potential exposure to payroll tax. The importance of doing so continues, particularly with new legislation bringing some further certainty....more
Tipping has been part of the modern-day American restaurant experience for decades. Like most forms of income, these tips are taxable and subject to income tax. But what if this income was free from income tax liability?...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided broad tax relief to taxpayers in Los Angeles County impacted by the recent winds and wildfires. Other counties may be added later....more
The Massachusetts House and Senate voted in favor of a Massachusetts tax relief bill. The legislation is now on Governor Maura Healey’s desk, and she has until October 8th to act. More than two decades have passed since the...more
On September 26, 2023, Massachusetts leaders announced major tax legislation that includes estate tax relief, closing a loophole around the newly implemented millionaire’s tax, short-term capital gains tax cuts and more. It...more
A recent 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision emphasizes again the potential exposure “responsible persons” have to personal liability for payroll taxes under the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP) provisions of Section 6672...more
The Salem City Council on July 11, 2023, approved Ordinance Bill No. 12-23, which imposes a new payroll and self-employment tax to fund community safety services. The ordinance imposes tax at a rate of 0.814 percent of an...more
Companies with workers who travel to other states for work (mobile workers) or those who work permanently from another state (remote workers) face unique state tax compliance challenges. For years, efforts to enact federal...more
As discussed in prior advisories, following a class action lawsuit challenging Washington State's Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Program (now called "WA Cares") and legislative changes and delays, WA Cares is again set...more
The number of hybrid and remote employees has greatly increased since the onset of the pandemic. As of February 2022, 39% of remote-capable employees were fully remote, 42% were hybrid and only 19% were fully on-site,...more
The New Jersey Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision that Jersey City’s payroll tax was not a facial violation of the U.S. Constitution but remanded the matter to create a factual record to evaluate an as-applied...more
The North Carolina General Assembly ended its 2022 short session on July 1. While the legislature is scheduled to reconvene on July 26, no additional tax legislation is expected to be considered....more
Many tax and compliance obligations apply when a company offers a remote work arrangement to employees in different states. STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEE TAX REQUIREMENTS - First, the company must work with its payroll provider...more
On January 27, Governor Jay Inslee signed two bills passed by the Legislature making key changes to WA Cares Fund. These reforms address coverage gaps and delay program implementation by 18 months...more
Just as California’s employers and small businesses begin to recover financially from the COVID-19 pandemic, the state legislature is about to spring another tax increase on them. This time the money is needed to bail out the...more
New Jersey is coming after taxpayers for years before 2019 based on information on combined group reports. From June 15 to October 15, 2021, the state will be offering certain benefits to taxpayers who come forward for years...more
In a precedential decision, New Jersey’s intermediate appellate court ruled that a Jersey City ordinance imposing a payroll tax was unconstitutional. Mack-Cali Realty Corp. v. State, No. A-3097-18, 2021 N.J. Super. LEXIS 21...more
Many employers now have employees who have shifted from working in the employer’s office to working remotely from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more
San Francisco voters will confront a number of tax measures on the November ballot. These measures are summarized below....more
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, companies in wide-ranging industries across the country have unprecedented numbers of employees working from remote locations. In a prior post, we discussed numerous issues that may...more
For the last decade, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act has languished in Congress. Will it get passed by piggybacking on the HEALS Act? Matt Hunsaker explains the history of the Act, the latest...more
On March 13, 2020, President Trump issued an emergency declaration in response to the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Recognizing the rapidly evolving state of affairs and the harm to individuals and to...more
Employers must issue Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, to employees by January 31st, so you should have received yours by now. But have you ever actually stopped to look at your W-2? And do you know what it all means? Your...more
The tech explosion in West Coast cosmopolitan areas has exacerbated homelessness in the region, prompting state and local governments to enact or at least propose new taxes on large metropolitan businesses....more