Posted on 02/28/2023 6:41:09 AM PST by Red Badger
Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer took a shot at New York’s political leaders over the weekend for the state’s high taxes, saying that he wants the next team that he plays for to be in a state with a much friendlier tax code.
Sports Illustrated explained that part of Poyer’s frustration with New York’s high taxes is the fact that his career in the NFL only recently exploded, despite being over 30. As a result of his recent success, the $5.6 million he earned in 2022 was more than he earned the three previous years combined.
“A lot of people ask me, ‘Oh, if it wasn’t Buffalo, where would you go?’ I kind of ponder the question every once in a while,” Poyer said on his podcast. “I would love to go to a state that doesn’t take half my money. It’s crazy to me how taxes work. Some people will say, ‘You’re already making X amount of money.’ Taxes play a big part in all of our lives … If it wasn’t Buffalo, it’d be nice to be warm. It would be nice to see the sun, maybe, every week or so, every other week at least.”
Poyer said that he definitely wants to keep playing now that he enters free agency after spending six seasons with the Bills.
“I don’t know. I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Poyer said. “I’d be happy to have an opportunity to play anywhere. I’ve been playing 10 years. I know how to play this game. I know how to prepare for this game. This offseason already has started off great, getting my body right. I feel really good right now. And I’m excited about the next opportunity. I don’t know how it’s going to play out or how it’s going to work out. What’s going to make sense is going to make sense.”
NFL Ping!...................
In the NHL, the Tampa Bay Lightning have become a perennial contender due to a combination of good management and Florida’s favorable tax laws. Top players are willing to sign there for less money than they can get elsewhere because they get to keep more of their income there.
Las Vegas Raiders.
No state income tax.
Many NY players have "residency" in other states like Florida.
Mr. Jeter, one of the highest-paid players in baseball, filed nonresident income tax returns to New York State between 2001 and 2003, claiming that he lived primarily at his off-season home in Florida, which, unlike New York, has no state income tax.
Did not know that!................
High taxes because thanks to Hochul and her husband taxpayers are paying for the new billion dollar Bills stadium.
Even if an athlete who plays for a Florida teams plays a game in a state with a state income tax, they pay tax on the money they earned for that game.
True, but not ALL their games!....................
Yes, but they're taxed based on where the income is earned, not where the residence is. If you play for a NY NFL team, you play roughly half your games in NY so roughly half your income is subject to NY state tax regardless of your state of residence.
It would be interesting if enough opposing players just refused to play in NY and other high tax states. Offer to play in a different stadium in a more reasonable tax state. And let it be known exactly why.
Big-name players like Derek Jeter don't establish residency in Florida primarily for the purpose of reducing the taxes they pay on the other 50% of their income. They do it so they can report the income from their huge endorsement deals (Nike, Ford, etc.) outside of New York.
That’s exactly right. And that goes down to the city level, too. I read somewhere that a typical NBA player files something like 26 separate tax returns every year — Federal, multiple states, multiple big cities, etc.
Yes, but its still a tremendous reduction in taxes. Also its only 81 home games.
Amazingly, perhaps this football player’s leaving that New York State tax/regulation hell will FINALLY inspire those remaining NYS citizens to challenge and beat back the insanely high taxes and levels of regulation.
Whatever it takes, I guess.
Miami Dolphins, please pick up the white courtesy phone. Miami Dolphins...
I have no sympathy for the Democrat voting people of any race. Let them eat shite for all I care. If you track sports players voting habit, it will be for Democrats. Who they donate to? Democrats. Maybe they should come off the Democrat plantation, and help others be free.
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