New Jersey Ramps Up Fight Against New York Remote-Work Tax (Correct)

New Jersey leaders want a law they just enacted to lead to a legal showdown with New York over its rules for taxing telecommuters. But the prospects are challenging even as remote work lifestyles flourish.

The state spends more than $2 billion a year crediting hundreds of thousands of residents for income taxes they must pay to other states because their employer is based there—virtually all of it related to jobs located in New York. The arrangement has applied for years to people commuting across the Hudson River, but has gotten closer scrutiny from New Jersey lawmakers since ...