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Working from home now? Your 2020 state tax situation could suck

Enlarge / The arm of the law can be long indeed. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Imagine for a moment that you work remotely—as so many now do in the COVID era—from a comfortable spare bedroom in your New Jersey home. Your employer is nominally based in New York City, but thanks to the […]

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Tech groups sue Maryland to block new digital-ad tax from going into effect

Enlarge / None of these companies is keen to hand over a slice of its revenue to Maryland. (credit: Malik Evren | Getty Images) A group of business organizations led by the US Chamber of Commerce is suing the state of Maryland, seeking to block implementation of the state’s brand-new, first-of-its-kind tax on digital-advertising revenue. […]

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State lawmakers override veto, become first in nation to tax online ads

Enlarge / None of these companies are keen to hand over a slice of their revenue to Maryland. (credit: Malik Evren | Getty Images) Maryland today became the first state in the nation to impose a tax on digital advertising revenue, overriding an earlier veto from the governor and incurring the wrath of piles of […]

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Pandemic-boosted remote workforce may be in for a shock at tax time

Enlarge / Depending where you live and work, you may need at least this many devices to sort your tax situation out this spring. (credit: Boonchai Wedmakawand | Getty Images) The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a trend that was already well underway: employers letting their workers perform their jobs remotely, from home, most or all of […]