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William Nylander’s $45M Contract Takes Big Hit from NHL Escrow & Jock Tax

William Nylander’s recent signing provides a multitude of lessons in the valuation of a linked contract for a restricted free agents...

Minnesota Eye’s Super Bowl Tax Prize

Introduction When taxpayers from Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota contributed $498 million of the $1.027 Billion to build US Bank...

Fines vs. Suspensions

With a rash of suspensions and fines among NHL players this past month, we explore the tax consequences of these two forms of punishments...

Massachusetts and Georgia Await Super Bowl Tax Prize

Even though Tom Brady lowers his non-resident tax by over $20,000 by playing in this year’s Super Bowl in Texas, his home state of...

Completing your Tax Questionnaire

As tax season approaches, I thought it might be helpful to provide some guidance on how to successfully proceed in collecting and...

AHL Affiliates move to California Creates Unique Tax Consequence

Los Angeles Kings prospect and current Ontario Reign Forward Justin Auger will find that California’s state income taxes will take a...

Beast Mode Finds NFL Fines Deductible not Beneficial

Even though fines are deductible and will lower an athlete’s taxable income, Lynch’s fines by themselves fall under the 2% threshold and...

Scherzer’s New Contract’s Net Value & Present Value Exceeds Kershaw’s Deal

Max Scherzer’s new seven year $210 million contract is a good example of how proper tax planning in a negotiation can increase its’...

NBA Finals Provide Tax Savings to James and Duncan

LeBron James and Tim Duncan, by playing against each other in this year’s NBA Finals have lowered their ‘jock tax’ burden and if the...

California’s Tax Increase is not Par for the Course

Athletes consider alternatives as California’s latest tax increase is implemented In January, California increased its income tax rate by...

Unsportsman-like Conduct

Jurisdiction’s income tax policies push athletes and Unions to fight back On February 4, 2007, in the biggest game of their respective...