2007-07-24 18:33:33 · 5 answers · asked by Gio 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
As long as they get a W-2 for a state they have to file a tax return for that state. I work for a CPA firm that has a minor league baseball player as a client, and he had to file about 5 different state returns for 2006.
2007-07-25 09:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, states have figured out that there is a massive tax windfall in levying taxes on professional athletes, entertainers and actors. Lacking a reciprocity agreement between their home state and the state where the play or work, they have to pay taxes in every state where they play based upon the amount of income earned each game or performance.
It's no different than anyone else working across state lines. Your home state has a right to tax all income regardless of where it's earned and any other state can tax all income earned in that state. You get a credit for taxes paid to other states on your home-state return.
2007-07-25 00:14:57 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A player on an NFL team came in my office a while back.
They had a stack of W2's....all from the same year. One from each state that they had played in (including preseason) for the previous year.
2007-07-25 01:51:08 · answer #3 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are an employee of a ball club. Where ever their ball club has it's official headquarters is where they pay taxes, sometimes house,land taxes, etc based on where they live. But no not everywhere they play. That would be like a guy who flies a lot for business having to pay taxes each place he flies to.
2007-07-24 18:42:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
my first response was for you .. to ask their accountant. but i think they get a W-2 from their employer like we all do, and that would be just one state. whatever state the teams lives in.
2007-07-24 18:42:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋