'Taxachusetts strikes again!': Here's how Boston.com readers feel about the N.H. income tax dispute

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "It seems very simple to me that employees pay income taxes to the state that pays their salaries.
48% : -- Chris, North Andover"Income taxes are collected from the state where income is earned.
46% : This week, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case on whether or not Granite State residents working remotely for Mass. companies should be charged income tax.
46% : does not mean you do not have to pay taxes."
46% : -- Jim, Methuen"The fact that Mass. is not charging people who were working from home before the pandemic set a clear precedent -- if you're not in the state, you don't pay taxes in the state." -- Fred Smith, Danvers"Last time I checked, there are MANY Massachusetts residents with second homes in New Hampshire and Gov. Sununu could go after the Mass. residents heading north every weekend!
46% : The income tax helps share the burden of cost."
44% : Employers and employees in Massachusetts must pay taxes to the Commonwealth.
38% : Readers against the income tax said that in a job market that increasingly involves remote work, this dispute could set a precedent that negatively impacts telecommuters.
35% : Taxes in Mass. are a joke and never go to the intended recipients.

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