Unless you're in show business. There's no business like show business - it's subsidized by the taxes everyone else pays.
Ken Javor Phone: (256) 650-5261 > From: "Nyffenegger, Dave" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "Nyffenegger, Dave" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:21:20 +0000 > To: <[email protected]> > Conversation: [PSES] Caution to those who live outside of California and got > there on business!!! (Don't) > Subject: Re: [PSES] Caution to those who live outside of California and got > there on business!!! (Don't) > > So if my employer who is not CA based but does have other direct employees in > CA, sends me to CA for a few days to work, they have to take out the CA income > tax too? > > Seems like CA has put up a big closed for business sign. > -Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Javor [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 6:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Caution to those who live outside of California and got > there on business!!! (Don't) > > Doug, > > Thank you so much for pointing this out. I have many CA customers, but > luckily to date it has all been remote. > > Rest assured that in the future it will stay that way! > > Ken Javor > Phone: (256) 650-5261 > > >> From: Doug Smith <[email protected]> >> Organization: D. C. Smith Consultants >> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:37:05 -0700 >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: [PSES] Caution to those who live outside of California and >> got there on business!!! (Don't) >> >> Hi All, >> >> Just a note to those of you, especially consultants, but potentially >> anyone who visits California, even for a day, on business. >> >> CA has new rules that require companies there (they don't all know >> about it yet but will be in trouble after the first of the year if >> they don't) to withhold CA income tax from payments made to people >> from out of state if any of the work was done in CA. >> >> You need to fill out a tax form for every job/trip! It is "California >> Form 587, Nonresident Withholding Allocation Worksheet." In my case >> the client ignored the form and sent the maximum 7% of the gross >> proceeds in to CA. >> >> The company for whom you do work is required to deduct 7% from the >> gross payment to you, no allowance for expenses or, at least for the >> last job I did, the fact the job required 3 days in NV and two in CA. >> They took out 7% and sent it to the CA state government. >> >> The accounting for this is going to be tricky as you have to keep >> track and justify how much of the work was in CA and how much >> elsewhere. In the end, CA may extract up to 10% of your payment, 13% >> if you are really well off. I suspect the accounting and submitting >> tax forms will cost as much as the tax, or more. >> >> So starting now I am dividing my fee by 0.93 to cover the tax and >> probably need to at least double that to cover my time and the >> accountants time to keep track of all of this. I am thinking along the >> lines of $500/day additional to CA companies until I get a better idea >> of what this is going to cost. >> >> Although we don't have an income tax in NV they get it in other ways, >> such as $2000/year from me for a special rental car tax meant to hit >> tourists, as well as other taxes. I you come in from Massachusetts, >> for instance, you will be required to pay MA and CA income taxes! That >> plus Federal will be over 50% for most engineers (CA is 10% at $44,000 >> per year). >> >> I am interested to find out if I am the first person to run into this. >> If you go into CA for work purposes you will be hit for this. I plan >> to ask the CA tax people which precinct they are going to allow me to vote >> in. >> >> Doug >> >> -- >> University of Oxford Tutor >> Department for Continuing Education >> Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> ___ _ Doug Smith >> \ / ) P.O. 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To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <[email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> > David Heald: <[email protected]> > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
