In this episode of SALTovation, Meredith Smith and Alexander Korzhen speak with Olga Goldberg, SALT Partner at Pierce Atwood LLP. Olga shares her journey into the field of law and specialization in state and local tax. Olga delves into the challenges and concerns surrounding remote employees, particularly concerning nexus and withholding. She discusses the current legal issues she consistently argues in state and local tax and the challenges and concerns associated with remote employees, particularly regarding nexus and withholding. Tune in to hear more about Olga’s unique journey and insights into state tax.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Law is problem-solving in the real world
• Navigating remote employee tax issues
• Compliance with remote work taxes
• Residency audit complexities
• Maine Safe Harbor
• New Hampshire residency requirements explained

Quotables:

• "One of the reasons I like to work with our employment lawyers is because we talk a lot about, how we are going to document this information, and what kind of policies the company should have in place.” -Olga Goldberg [16:13]

• "There are two paths to being treated as a resident. One is common law domicile and two is statutory residency. So New Hampshire does not have a statutory residency. It's common law principles and they have a statute that defines what a residence is.” -Olga Goldberg [25:25]

• "If you're in a situation where you have this super low bar to clear to be treated as a New Hampshire resident under this department position, and you don't have a resident tax credit, which, to me, does not seem entirely constitutional, it's going to result in a lot of double taxation.” -Olga Goldberg [29:33]

• “The pandemic opened the playing field, but then you have these established larger employers who maybe they did and maybe they didn't shift their policies during the pandemic, but then they contracted again. So they're kind of shifting back because of these tax policies, tax rules, and the difficulty of compliance.” -Olga Goldberg [18:01]

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