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As tax season approaches, I thought it might be helpful to provide some guidance on how to successfully proceed in collecting and organizing your information. Updated January, 2019 Tax Questionnaire The first step is to download this year’s tax questionnaire. The questionnaire is our basis in understanding your unique tax situation and provides the opportunity […]

Economic forces hinder Canadian NHL Teams Introduction For the first time in almost fifty years, Canada has failed to send one of their seven NHL franchises to the Stanley Cup playoffs.  With that, it can be expected that Canadian based teams will be looking to make a big splash this off-season when several top tier […]

Tax Index The Jock Tax Index (JTI), presented at the 2015 MIT’s Sloan Sports Analytics Conference and featured on Bloomberg Television’s Market Crashers, is a proprietary tool which allows both teams and player representatives involved in contract negotiations to compare the true value of any potential contract proposal to the same monetary offering from every […]

                Peyton Manning is going out in style with two last wins. One over the Carolina Panthers in the Super Bowl and the other over the California Tax Board. Situation: This past off-season, Peyton Manning restructured his contract and converted a portion of his base salary into $4,000,000 in performance bonuses.  By winning the Conference […]

Eric Staal’s quest for his second Stanley Cup comes at a cost of $68,809 to him. Introduction This past Monday’s NHL trade deadline and the days prior to it provided us with multiple players exchanging teams.  Whether it was a contender adding the last piece of the puzzle or a prospect being sent back in exchange, […]

As free agency approaches, the Stamkos watch is on. INTRODUCTION With the Los Angeles Kings extending Anze Kopitar’s contract for eight years at an annual average value (AAV) of $10,000,000, the extension places Kopitar equally between Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins $76 million, eight-year contract and Chicago Blackhawks teammates, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane […]

Cam Newton eyes a Super Bowl ring while California has visions of taxing his salary. This Sunday at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara California, in addition to the 75,000 fans at the game and an expected television audience of over 188 million, the action on the field will also attract the attention of tax authorities […]

John Scott may have been an unwanted guest at the NHL All-Star Game this weekend, but he left with the game’s MVP award and a share of his team’s million-dollar bonus check – now the question remains who else will get a share of his winnings? SITUATION This past weekend, NHL All-Stars competed in a […]

Illinois’s tax policy causes nearly a million dollars in tax savings for Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane INTRODUCTION Nonresident taxation on professional athletes gained national attention in the early 1990s as Illinois retaliated against California’s nonresident tax on Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls teammates following their 1991 National Basketball Association (NBA) Championship against the […]

It might surprise you to see which states could Benefit with a Denver Broncos Win over the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game On Sunday, should Peyton Manning play in over 70% of his team’s offensive plays and pull off an upset win over the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game he could […]