(The Center Square) – The city of Cleveland has to pay a South Carolina man $18,000 for taxes it collected using a COVID-era law that was eventually stopped by lawmakers.
Anthony Alfieri, who lives in Hilton Head, worked for a Cleveland-based financial services company from his South Carolina home. The city tried to tax commissions The Buckeye Institute said were illegally taken in 2021 and 2022, and the city has refunded more than $18,000.
“As with The Buckeye Institute’s client Dr. Manal Morsy, Cleveland had no legal authority to tax income Mr. Alfieri earned while working at his home in South Carolina,” said Jay R. Carson, senior litigator at The Buckeye Institute and the lead attorney representing Mr. Alfieri. “In issuing Mr. Alfieri a refund, Cleveland has done the right thing.”…