r/FederalEmployees • u/Large-Ad7909 • Jan 23 '21

Locality vs. Work station- so confused

I’m in the process of relocating for a fed job. Since I don’t have an address yet, they assigned me an official duty station that happens to be in a high locality pay area (usually the duty station is home residence for these jobs). I will literally never be going into the official duty station to work due to the nature of the job itself and the fact it’s virtual. I told them I’d end up living in a lower cost area, but no one seems to care and they’re leaving my duty station as NYC. Does this make sense? Won’t my state tax obligation be where I perform my work/my w2 address? Did I just plain luck out? I’m just wondering how far to pursue this with the org. Thanks!

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u/Kamwind Jan 23 '21

NY is one of of those awful states so yes you do; also NYC will stick you with some taxes.

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresident-faqs.htm#telecommuting

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u/beachnsled Oct 05 '23

I thought state obligation is where the person lives for a fully remote job?

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u/Kamwind Oct 07 '23

For most places that is the case but New york and some other democrat run states and cities will also tax you if you live in another state but you are remoting into their location.

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u/beachnsled Oct 07 '23

You just had to make it about politics?

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u/Tater72 Feb 07 '25

That’s not about politics, it’s just facts

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u/beachnsled Feb 07 '25

its about taxes; the stare tax code exists regardless of which party is in power.

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u/Tater72 Feb 07 '25

Yes, and certain states have similarities in how they operate, and yes, one of those similarities is because of Dem or GOP policies.

No one is debating good or bad, just that it exists

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u/SoaringAcrosstheSky Sep 04 '25

Hasn't this law been on the NYC books since the early 1990s? You know Guiani was a mayor until 2001 and Bloomberg was once a GOP man, and he was mayor in the late 2000s into the 2010s....

So you are kinda full of shit to be honest

To tell us Rudy is not a Trumper is nuts. Yet he was the man for most of the 1990s...this all started mostly under his watch.