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Chiefs Players Will Save $287,000 in Income Tax by Playing in Brazil Rather Than California

When the Kansas City and Los Angeles squads face off in São Paulo, the players will owe Brazil’s nonresident income tax on the share of income they earned there, while California will lose out on the nonresident income taxes that Chiefs players ordinarily would have remitted in what is nominally a Chargers home game.

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Caitlin Clark’s Other Audience: State Tax Departments

When Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese made their WNBA preseason debuts, basketball fans across the country tuned in. But there’s another audience that also follows along: state revenue officials, who will expect their piece of the pie each time these star athletes—and their teammates—come to town.

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Tyreek Hill taxes Tyreek hill state taxes and tax liability NFL federal tax on sports betting, excise tax on sports betting. BILL TO REPEAL EXCISE TAX ON LEGAL SPORTS BETS, Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) Super bowl sports betting. States Positioned for a Super Bowl Win with New Taxes on Sports Betting. The American Gaming Association estimates that Americans will wager a total of $4.3 billion on the highly anticipated matchup of the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa.

Tyreek Hill’s Tax Liability with Every NFL Franchise

When NFL star wide receiver Tyreek Hill weighed offers from the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins, no doubt there was a lot on his mind. But one consideration towered over the rest, at least according to Hill himself: signing with the Jets “was very close to happening,” but “those state taxes man. I had to make a grown-up decision.”

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