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If your employer thinks you're in California, they'll tell the California tax authorities that you are. CA will use that as evidence that you owe them a big chu
by SiVal 6y ago
If your employer thinks you're in California, they'll tell the California tax authorities that you are. CA will use that as evidence that you owe them a big chunk of your income. If you don't pay, you'll have to fight. To win, you'll probably have to prove that you misled your employer, which will probably result in your getting fired for it. If you lose, CA can force your employer to take the tax out of your salary, so you'll pay California anyway plus you'll probably have to pay the place you actually live if you've done anything to establish residence. Along the way, any number of other unpredictable problems can arise (bad credit rating, legal threats, ongoing disputes with entities that don't understand or care that you've surrendered, etc.)
Good luck with all of that.
- taurath 6y agoI think it’s gonna get really weird. If a company pays the same in seattle as SF (or near), and A person lives in SF, I’d rather pay a friend in WA state a few hundred a month to “rent a room” than 10% of my income to California. That said there’s probably a bunch of laws around faking residency for tax purposes which id imagine has some hefty consequences.
- NotSammyHagar 6y agoMany faang companies pay the same 'higher' salaries at the same rates across seattle, sf, and nyc. The fangs used to do that when i worked there, but i wonder if they pay more in sf now? I'm sure some companies will want to pay you less if they can get away with it. But twitter will probably have to pay almost as much to keep their devs if they move. that's the key, keeping your workforce.
- austinheap 6y agoPatently untrue -- there are fixed ratios for each band v city. With all due respect such a bold claim deserves a link.
- NotSammyHagar 6y agoIt used to be that way 3 years ago when I worked at Google. I don't have a link, it was personal knowledge. I'm 100% sure of it. They actually paid more for the zurich office cause taxes were so high.
- ceras 6y ago> They actually paid more for the zurich office cause taxes were so high. Google pays for cost of labor, not cost of living. While related, it isn't the same: for example, Google London pays much less than NYC, and Tokyo even less than that; yet Pittsburgh pays only slightly less than NYC despite being far and away the cheapest of the 4. I believe Google's competitors tend to follow this model more than cost of living, especially internationally.
- mhdhn 6y agoThere are lowcost areas of CA.
- closeparen 6y agoSo you'll make 4.5x a local salary instead of 5x.