> The company needs to do payroll in a different state and you, as an individual, now pay taxes in your state of residence which isn't where company HQ is.
This is not always true.
I'm remote. I pay my state and CA taxes for my CA based company even though I have never set foot in CA for this job.
Like others have said, check with an accountant, I have worked remotely for the past 11 years in NC, for companies in GA, CT and NY, but because I'm 100% remote, I only have to pay NC taxes. None of them ever had an office in NC
I confess I don't know what the laws are then. Presumably you don't pay both your state and CA taxes on your whole salary?
I confess I've never been in the position of being officially completely remote. I certainly don't pay taxes to the state where my company's HQ is but then I'm officially in an office in my state of residence. (And maybe the existence of that office would make a difference even if I weren't actually assigned there.)
I've also heard of stories of people getting in trouble for "moving residence" to Incline Village (Nevada) and doing taxes in Nevada while working in CA.
This is not always true.
I'm remote. I pay my state and CA taxes for my CA based company even though I have never set foot in CA for this job.