Law Professor Plans Appeal of NY Ruling on Remote Work Tax

A New York law professor said he will continue to pursue his legal challenge to the state’s taxation of remote workers, keeping alive a case closely monitored by lawmakers in neighboring states who are seeking to weaken or kill the statute.

Edward Zelinsky, a Cardozo Law School professor, plans to appeal a recent ruling by the New York Tax Appeals Tribunal that found the state was right to tax wages he earned while working from his Connecticut home, even when the Covid-19 pandemic prevented him from accessing his New York office.

Lawmakers in New Jersey and Connecticut have encouraged these ...