The coordinated RTO push is about tax breaks that these companies receive for bringing workers into the city. Just another way for the wealthy to not pay their fair share of taxes on the backs of the workers who use their own time and money commuting.
>New Jersey and Texas are states that stand out for spelling out exactly how often employees must work from the office to qualify for tax breaks. Before the pandemic, several New Jersey tax programs required workers to show up at least 80% of the time, and one Texas program set the threshold at 50%.
>Provisions like these were designed to ensure that the jobs boosted local revenue from income, sales and property taxes, and bolstered downtown economies.
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