New Jersey Moves to Strike Back at New York Remote-Work Taxes

A bipartisan group of New Jersey lawmakers want to offer a new $2,000 tax credit for residents who can successfully appeal their New York personal income tax bills.

The credit is part of a much broader retaliatory tax plan aimed at New York that is currently advancing through the New Jersey Legislature, to put an end to what the state says is double taxation of its residents and roughly $1 billion in revenue lost to its neighbor.

New Jersey’s proposal would adopt New York’s aggressive tax treatment by applying what’s known as the “convenience of ...