If you’re a healthcare worker who went to New York to volunteer to help fight the coronavirus outbreak there, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says you owe New York state income taxes.
The taxes are owed even if you were not working for any pay in New York, but you were still being paid in your home state.
Here's how Cuomo addressed the issue:
“We’re not in a position to provide any subsidies right now because we have a $13 billion deficit,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “So there’s a lot of good things I’d like to do, and if we get federal funding, we can do, but it would be irresponsible for me to sit here looking at a $13 billion deficit and say I’m gonna spend more money, when I can’t even pay the essential services.”
Get that? Not taxing volunteers who came to New York in the state's time of need is a subsidy.
What an asshole.
The taxes are owed even if you were not working for any pay in New York, but you were still being paid in your home state.
Here's how Cuomo addressed the issue:
“We’re not in a position to provide any subsidies right now because we have a $13 billion deficit,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “So there’s a lot of good things I’d like to do, and if we get federal funding, we can do, but it would be irresponsible for me to sit here looking at a $13 billion deficit and say I’m gonna spend more money, when I can’t even pay the essential services.”
Get that? Not taxing volunteers who came to New York in the state's time of need is a subsidy.
What an asshole.
