Really Dumb Tax Articles
I have been reading articles like the one linked below, and it reminds me yet again how really ignorant the media is about taxes (or anything else requiring some thought). In fact, the list of tax ignoramuses in my book consists of:
Media
Mortgage underwriters
Most investment advisers
Diners at Waffle House
The article decries the fact that NY is taxing the wages of those healthcare professionals who came to NY from out of state to help with the COVID patients. Why is this such a dumb article? The workers in NY would have to pay taxes on the same income to their home state - someone failed to read that memo. If NY is allowed to tax it, then the home state will credit them for the NY taxes. I was a Respiratory Therapist for 25 years, and working in the worst areas of exposure is the equivalent of combat. I get that and support whatever things can be done to reward those that put themselves in harm's way during our national emergency. But this is just another example of how the media sensationalizes by omission.