Here's a pic of a big-time pro athlete's paystub...

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Ns1

No Lifer
Jun 17, 2001
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There were so many zeroes that my brain crashed while trying to read it.
 

Ichinisan

Lifer
Oct 9, 2002
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Christ, are American paychecks always that complicated?

When I was in employment, IIRC the paycheck basically looked like:

Gross pay
Tax (PAYE - pay as you earn)
National insurance contributions (NHS healthcare in the UK)
Pension contributions
Net pay

Shens. It sounds like you are describing a "paycheque." :colbert:
 

Triumph

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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LOL! Gotta love good 'ol Pittsburgh, deduction 4 is the Pittsburgh OPT - Occupational PRIVILEGE Tax, you know, since it's such a PRIVILEGE to have a job, that they should tax you on it. Cause it's not enough just to tax you on your job, they have to tax you on the fact that you HAVE a job.

"For general revenue purposes, a tax is hereby levied upon the privilege of engaging in an occupation within the City for each calendar year."
 

SKORPI0

Lifer
Jan 18, 2000
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What's with the SITW taxes in other states/cities? Florida, Illinois, Missouri, St. Louis (MO), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Arizona, Ohio and Cincinnati (OH), etc?
Looks like he is paying tax on every place a game is played. D:
 

JMapleton

Diamond Member
Nov 19, 2008
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<insert mayweather's check>

/thread

Mayweather is a little different. He gets paid as a business, not an employee. We don't get to see what he really clears after paying trainers, facilities, accountants, lawyers, promotion, etc.
 

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
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Christ, are American paychecks always that complicated?

When I was in employment, IIRC the paycheck basically looked like:

Gross pay
Tax (PAYE - pay as you earn)
National insurance contributions (NHS healthcare in the UK)
Pension contributions
Net pay

Imagine what he pays his accountant.
 

Blackjack200

Lifer
May 28, 2007
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Its wrong to have this posted

While very interesting to see, I agree. This is wrong to post/share.

His salary, and the tax rates that he's paying, and the deductions are all pretty much public information. Strictly speaking his 401(k) contribution is not public, but come on, of course he's maxing it.

Is there any information in there that's not public other than that? If there was some kind of garnishment or other non-public info there, I would agree, but I don't really think this is that bad of a leak.
 

KillerBee

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Jul 2, 2010
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What's with the SITW taxes in other states/cities? Florida, Illinois, Missouri, St. Louis (MO), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Arizona, Ohio and Cincinnati (OH), etc?
Looks like he is paying tax on every place a game is played. D:

That is rediculous ...may be related to how Maryland customers have to pay taxes on Amazon stuff just because we have a warehouse in our state
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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That is rediculous ...may be related to how Maryland customers have to pay taxes on Amazon stuff just because we have a warehouse in our state
Umm, that's any business, reason why many businesses set up shop in certain states.
 

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
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He got deducted as much as I made in my first job out of college.
 

KillerBee

Golden Member
Jul 2, 2010
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Umm, that's any business, reason why many businesses set up shop in certain states.

no shit ..just amazed they can tax the guy in other states just for playing there even though his paycheck is based in another state?
 

Triumph

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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no shit ..just amazed they can tax the guy in other states just for playing there even though his paycheck is based in another state?

I never heard of anyone who travels extensively for work, having to pay taxes in other states that they work in. But on the other hand, most people I talk to don't make $800,000 every two weeks. So there's probably something on the books that says they have to, and its a lot more lucrative to go after the big $$$ than go after joe blow.

On the other hand, when I worked in Virginia but claimed residency in PA, I would pay VA income tax, then claim it as a deduction on my PA tax forms, IIRC. That was 10 years ago. I'm sure his accountant knows how to get a lot of the money back.
 

Blackjack200

Lifer
May 28, 2007
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I never heard of anyone who travels extensively for work, having to pay taxes in other states that they work in. But on the other hand, most people I talk to don't make $800,000 every two weeks. So there's probably something on the books that says they have to, and its a lot more lucrative to go after the big $$$ than go after joe blow.

On the other hand, when I worked in Virginia but claimed residency in PA, I would pay VA income tax, then claim it as a deduction on my PA tax forms, IIRC. That was 10 years ago. I'm sure his accountant knows how to get a lot of the money back.

It's absolutely asinine. Think about it for a second, if we imagine that in the current world of salary capped professional sports teams, each city with a team has the opportunity to tax its players with roughly the same size base, there is no need whatsoever to go after player X playing in MY CITY since your players will play roughly an equal amount of time in his city. So if each city just taxed their own athletes, they should be fine.

This situation is entirely the result of the high profile of professional athletic salaries and indignant assholes and nothing more. I know an executive that makes 8 figures and he jets all over the place. Do you think he pays taxes everywhere his plane lands? Fuck no.
 

MixMasterTang

Diamond Member
Jul 23, 2001
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I never heard of anyone who travels extensively for work, having to pay taxes in other states that they work in. But on the other hand, most people I talk to don't make $800,000 every two weeks. So there's probably something on the books that says they have to, and its a lot more lucrative to go after the big $$$ than go after joe blow.

On the other hand, when I worked in Virginia but claimed residency in PA, I would pay VA income tax, then claim it as a deduction on my PA tax forms, IIRC. That was 10 years ago. I'm sure his accountant knows how to get a lot of the money back.

I think it all depends on how much money you make in those places, a co-worker spent 6 weeks throughout a 52 week span in Canada and had to file Canadian taxes on top of his US taxes because he made over 10k in Canada.
 

JamesV

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Jul 9, 2011
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You do understand that only the portion of his income in each state is taxed in those states, right? It's not taxing the full amount of his earning in each state.

I've been on contract jobs for other states and part of the contract was to pay those state taxes on the portion earned in their state. Didn't have to pay home state taxes on that money earned there.

There was just something in the paper here the other day about Cleveland losing those pro athlete dollars. In effect, they can no longer tax athletes that play here. Not sure if it is something specific here, or nation wide.
 

OverVolt

Lifer
Aug 31, 2002
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No wonder they spend like crazy, without commas all I see is tons of money to spend :awe:

654864.23 or something. Yes plz.
 

dainthomas

Lifer
Dec 7, 2004
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No wonder they spend like crazy, without commas all I see is tons of money to spend :awe:

654864.23 or something. Yes plz.

People wonder why guys like that spend like crazy. If my checks looked like that I'd have a McLaren for every day of the week.