Work-From-Home Challenges City Income Tax Reach

Another good reason to work from home more often! 😄

"Two dozen Michigan cities that levy local income taxes face a reckoning with a new workplace reality brought on by the COVID pandemic.

Workers who commute to jobs inside these cities have been obligated to pay local income taxes. Many of these employees, however, no longer come to the office, and it’s unclear how many of these nonresidents still pay the local income tax. ..."

"Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

— Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, 1789

Work-From-Home Challenges City Income Tax Reach – Michigan Capitol Confidential Stay-at-home orders meant fewer workers commuting into cities that tax income