Letter to the Editor

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                                                                                                                                      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act "><U><IMG SRC="21c4b260.gif" border=0 width="75" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="627" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 54 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>Dodd-Shays bill will bring relief to telecommuters </B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="621"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="621" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#FFFF00 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="621"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="621" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="621"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="621" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Letter to the Editor , <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000080" FACE="verdana" >New Haven Register</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="257"><div> 10/10/2004</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="363"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="363" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="257"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="257" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFF00 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="363"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="363" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="257"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="257" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="363"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="363" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="257"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="257" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 152 WIDTH="622"><div> <B>Many thanks to Sen. Christopher Dodd and U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays for sponsoring legislation that offers important protection to Connecticut residents who telecommute to New York employers. </B></div> <bR> <div> As things stand now, New York requires thousands of Connecticut residents who telecommute to New York businesses to pay New York taxes on the income they earn while working at home — even though Connecticut may tax its residents on the same income. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="622"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="622" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 132 WIDTH="622"><div> Because New York has refused to stop subjecting Connecticut telecommuters to the risk of double taxation, Congress must. Both houses must act swiftly to pass the bipartisan Dodd-Shays legislation.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Nicole Belson Goluboff</B></div> <bR> <div> Scarsdale, N.Y. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 82 WIDTH="622"><div> <I>©New Haven Register 2004</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act "><U><IMG SRC="21c4b260.gif" border=0 width="75" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>