Teleworking During Pandemic Creates Tax Quandary for Companies

With no clear end in sight to teleworking during the pandemic, tax advisers are trying to prevent their clients from being surprised by a potential spate of new state and international taxes.

Workers stranded or sheltered in states or countries they don’t normally work from can expose companies to corporate income tax and a number of employment tax obligations. The odds of that are higher as stay-at-home orders drag on and employees work longer in those locations and risk creating a new taxable presence, tax advisers say.

Companies need to know where their employees are, how long they’ve been there, ...