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1 David K. Hoffman & Scott A. Hodge, Nonresident State and Local Income Taxes in the United States: The Continuing Spread of Jock Taxes 1 (2004)

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July 2004
No. 130

Nonr esden- State and Lo-als nc  Taxes n ac
United S tates: The CniigSpedof lock Taxes -

Da vid K Hoffman
Adjunct Scholar
Tax Foundation
Scott A. Hodge
President
Tax Foundation

Introduction
When the 2004 Major League Baseball All-
Star Game is played on July 13 at Minute Maid
Park in Houston, most people will be paying
attention to the players, the game and the
surrounding festivities. But at most All-Star
Games, there is one group of people who pay
more attention to tax forms than to baseball.

They are the many state tax officials across the
country who keep track of the players' salaries
and see to it that they fill out the proper
individual income tax forms to pay the jock
tax.
That will not be an arduous task this year,
as it has been in previous years, since the host
state, Texas, does not have an income tax and
therefore has no jock tax. In previous years,

Figure 1
Top Tax Rates on Wages add Salaries in Jocadtios writh Professional Sports Franchises
As of Juty 1, 2004
Alberta
12.5%

MT            ND
WY          SD
NE

OK

Tax base is federal AGI with modifications.
Tax base is federal taxable income.
See Table 2 for more details.

Pro Team and Jock Tax
Pro Team but No Jock Tax

M
NJ
8.97%

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