New York’s method for taxing interstate remote workers is more relevant than ever as teleworking becomes more prevalent, the state tax department told an appeals court Thursday in a case brought by a Cardozo Law School professor.
The state’s brief comes in response to Edward Zelinsky’s appeal of a tax tribunal’s ruling that the state properly taxed his wages earned while working from his Connecticut home when Covid-19 pandemic restrictions barred him accessing the school’s Manhattan campus.
The current appeal at the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, is Zelinsky’s latest parry in a crusade going back decades. ...