News & Analysis as of

Remote Working Internal Revenue Service

Foley & Lardner LLP

Trump Orders Hiring Freeze and Return to Work for Federal Employees

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Among the myriad executive orders issued by President Trump in the hours after his inauguration, two focus on the number and location of federal employees. The first is a return-to-work order, requiring all employees of...more

Foster Garvey PC

Worker Classification in Light of Remote Workers May Need to be Revisited

Foster Garvey PC on

As I have discussed in prior blog posts (March 11, 2013, April 9, 2013 and December 9, 2013), worker classification has historically been a focus of attention of various government agencies as well as others. Misclassifying...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Updated Guidance Released for SB 1162 – California’s New 2023 Pay Data Reporting Requirement for Workers Provided by Third Parties

The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) released amended FAQs providing guidance on compliance with the new pay data reporting requirements. PDR FAQs – 2022 Reporting Year | CRD (ca.gov) As previously reported here and...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Statutory Residence in New York: Time to Rethink the “Permanent Place of Abode” Test?

Rivkin Radler LLP on

Escape from New York- According to data released by the IRS earlier this year, the pandemic triggered a “wealth migration” that saw high-tax states like New York lose high-income earners to low-tax jurisdictions such as...more

McDermott Will & Emery

International News: Spotlight on Tax

INTRODUCTION TO US TAXATION OF NFTS - Despite Non Fungible Token (NFT) sales hitting nearly US$21 billion by the end of 2021, making NFTs almost as valuable as the global art market, they are currently completely ignored...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

Born in the USA, but I’m a Cool Rockin’ Employee Not in the USA Now . . . Employer Considerations for U.S. Employees Living and...

If there is one long-term lesson that came out of the global pandemic, it is that employees are no longer tied to an office. Thanks to technology and almost two-years of successful remote working, employees have...more

Verrill

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation 2021 Summer Client Advisory

Verrill on

This Client Advisory summarizes developments in the law governing employee benefit plans prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We explain what these developments mean for plan sponsors and highlight the need to adopt plan...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Connecticut Bill Aims to Address the Impact of Telecommuting during the Pandemic

As we continue to face growing concerns because of the nationwide impact of COVID-19, taxpayers should be mindful of the potential impacts that the continued rise in telecommuting may have on their state personal income tax...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Some Remote Workers (And Their Employers) Wrestle With State Income Tax Issue; It Likely Won’t End Once The Pandemic Ends

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

Many employees during the COVID-19 pandemic are asking: To which state must I pay income tax? Potentially affected are employees who resided in State A and commuted to work in State B before the pandemic but are now...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Work from Anywhere? Telecommuting and Tax Obligations for Employers: Practical Considerations and Tips for Human Resources and...

Robinson & Cole LLP on

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a sudden, widespread shift towards remote work arrangements. This shift has provided many benefits, including an increase in the employee talent pool and the ability to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pandemic Work-From-Home Arrangements Have Tax and Employment Law Consequences

Prolonged work-from-home status for employees who live in a different jurisdiction than their assigned office can generate new tax and employment law compliance obligations for employers. Employers with employees who...more

Verrill

Does Your Business Have New Tax Obligations Because of a Work-From-Home Policy?

Verrill on

This year, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought upheaval to nearly every aspect of our lives, both personally and professionally. Virtually every sector of our society has been impacted. In response, companies were forced to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New York Issues Much-Anticipated Guidance on Taxation of Telecommuting Employees

McDermott Will & Emery on

Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic and work-from-home mandates, New York employers and their nonresident employees have been waiting for the Department of Taxation and Finance to address the million-dollar question: Do...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Re-Thinking Fringe Benefits for Your Newly-Remote Workforce? Do You Know Whether They’re Taxable? (The IRS Will…)

Foley & Lardner LLP on

While there has been some improvement in the spread of COVID-19 in the US, the daily count of new cases remains high. As a result, many large employers have extended their remote working policies through the fall, with others...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

State And Local Tax Impact Of Work-From-Home Arrangements

Since the onset of COVID-19, millions of employees have shifted from working in offices to working from home. By some estimates, more than 60 percent of employed Americans were working remotely in the spring of 2020, and more...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Reimbursing Business Expenses For A Remote Workforce

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

Most employers reimburse their employees for money spent on meals, hotels and other expenses during work trips as business expenses, but few have given thought to reimbursing employees for employee costs incurred at home,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Reimbursements And Remote Work 101

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

In March 2020, many employers suddenly found themselves managing a mostly remote workforce due to COVID-19. As the pandemic stretches on, some businesses remain remote because of necessity, while others are considering the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Tax Court Announces Resumption Of Mail Delivery

Fox Rothschild LLP on

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, operations of the United States Tax Court have been severely impacted. The Tax Court’s building in Washington, D.C. has been closed since March 19, 2020, all trial sessions have been cancelled...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Home Office Deductions During Coronavirus

Bowditch & Dewey on

With so many people forced by government ordered shut downs to work from home, a question many workers might ask is whether they can deduct expenses for their home offices. As a general rule, expenses that otherwise might...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Multi-State Payroll Withholding Issues and Potential Relief for Telecommuting Employees

The “shelter in place” or “stay-at-home” orders that numerous states have issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted some employers to require that their employees work remotely from their homes. As states roll...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

State and Local Tax Considerations in Light of COVID-19

The first order of business for many state tax authorities in response to COVID-19 was deciding whether to extend their respective income tax filing and payment deadlines for the 2019 tax year, either automatically by...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

IRS Closes Doors, Sending Non-Mission Critical Employees Home to Wait Out COVID-19

In an internal agency-wide email from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Human Capital Officer Robin Bailey, Jr., beginning March 30th all employees—but for those in “mission-critical duties”—were instructed to evacuate the work...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Internal Revenue Service Issues Evacuation Order Directing Virtually All Employees To Work Remotely Starting March 30

Fox Rothschild LLP on

The Federal News Network is reporting that the due to the coronavirus pandemic, the IRS issued an evacuation notice Friday afternoon directing that nearly all of its employees work from home on mandatory telework starting...more

23 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide