Definitions
Unless the context requires otherwise, for the purposes of 830 CMR 62.5A.3, the following definitions apply:
Massachusetts COVID-19 State of Emergency. The state of emergency in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts proclaimed in the Governor’s Declaration of a State of Emergency to Respond to COVID-19, issued March 10, 2020.
Non-Resident . Any natural person who is not a Massachusetts resident.
Pandemic-Related Circumstances, generally include the following situations; (a) a government order issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, (b) a remote work policy adopted by an employer in compliance with federal or state government guidance or public health recommendations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, (c) the worker’s compliance with quarantine, isolation directions relating to a COVID-19 diagnosis or suspected diagnosis, or advice of a physician relating to COVID-19 exposure, or (d) any other work arrangement in which an employee who performed services at a location in Massachusetts prior to the Massachusetts COVID-19 state of emergency performs such services for the employer from a location outside Massachusetts during a period in which 830 CMR 62.5A.3 is in effect.
Resident. A ny natural person domiciled in Massachusetts or any natural person who is not domiciled in Massachusetts but who maintains a permanent place of abode in Massachusetts and spends in the aggregate more than 183 days of the tax year in Massachusetts, including days spent partially in and partially out of Massachusetts.