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State Income Taxation of Nonresident Railroad Employees

GGD-85-46 Published: Apr 11, 1985. Publicly Released: Apr 11, 1985.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined whether sufficient data were available to analyze proposed legislation prohibiting states from taxing the wages of nonresident railroad employees if the employees earned less than half of their compensation within the state.

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CompensationIncome taxesPersonal liability (legal)Proposed legislationRailroad employeesResidencesState taxesRailroad industryRailroadsTaxes