I am planning on moving to Texas from New York and to my surprise I still have to pay NYS personal income tax if I work remotely out of Texas. After poking around I read NYS is a "convenience of the employer" state and I am moving out of NYS to Texas for personal reasons so according to that clause I am required to pay NYS taxes - as per my understanding of it - will any of the following help me be exempt from NYS taxes?
Option 1) My company has offices in NYC and LA (Headquarters). There is a three hour time difference between the two offices (EST & PST respectively), and since Texas is on Central Time working a 9-6 in Texas will equate to providing an hour more of coverage for the LA office since I will be essentially clocking out at LA's 4PM rather than LA's 3PM if I worked out of NYC. Is this sufficient for NYS to qualify this a "convenience of the employer" or is there more to it?
Option 2) Having HR switch my location on paper from a NYC employee to an LA employee with hopes that LA taxes are less heavy than NY's.
Thank you for any feedback and insights on my situation and feel free to provide any other possible options!
