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"Pittsburgh Professional Athlete Fee"

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I'm sure some of you have seen the post from McCutchen showing his latest pay stub, if not, it can be seen here:

http://deadspin.com/lets-take-a-look-at-andrew-mccutchens-pay-stub-1706188663

While not specifically football related, it's interesting that what shows up on the stub is a "Pittsburgh Professional Athlete Fee". Which means every Steeler would pay this as well. After some quick searching, I couldn't find what the actual fee is. With the huge discrepancy in wages between players, it would almost have to be some sort of percentage of income rather than a flat "fee". I can't imagine a practice squad player shelling out $50k/year to the city of Pittsburgh when he's only making $200k. Another thing that's interesting is that for every away game, the player is taxed in the home team's state and even city (see Philadelphia). It has to be an accounting nightmare to prepare taxes for a professional athlete.

I figured this would be a nice break from the usual fire Tomlin, cut Archer and Pat*s are cheaters threads.
 
nitsuj1225 said:
Another thing that's interesting is that for every away game, the player is taxed in the home team's state and even city (see Philadelphia). It has to be an accounting nightmare to prepare taxes for a professional athlete.
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I didn't know that. Thinking about this.. With the amount of money generated for each city/ state,,, Paying 1 accountant even per city, to just track the visiting teams players and coaches wouldn't be a crazy idea.
 
Compare the direct deposit amount to income tax with held for the feds and add in medicare and soc sec. It looks like the gov is making more than he is.
 
When I look at this, I have two conflicting thoughts. First, poor poor millionaire has to pay lots of taxes. Then I think about how pissed I am when I look at how much gets taken from my check & think, ****, he's getting raped when I see how much he's paying.

But, nothing you can do about it. We just need to work hard, because millions of people on welfare depend on us.
 
He takes home 52% of his check. DAMN. Do you think he votes for Obama? IF so I don't feel sorry for him one bit.
 
Yes, it must be tough only taking home 427 thousand dollars for 2 weeks' work. Still, it's not bad for a guy who recently went for a 14-game stretch with exactly 1 extra-base hit.
 
It's still a bullshit tax regardless of the salary. Any reason to pull more money into the government black hole.
 
You really have to watch that kind of thing. I'm surprised more players aren't clamoring to play on the Florida teams where there is no State tax. That is a big deal. Look at the NHL where the Canadian teams make up just under 1/3 of the league, but haven't won a Cup in 22 years. Would you rather play in a warmer climate with relative anonymity and 1/2 the tax or less?
 
Dang neared as bad as being self employed, we get to pay all the Social Security, not just 1/2.............amongst other taxes.....



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I'm guessing it's some sort of city income tax. Note that he has to pay state income tax in each state where he played during that pay period except Florida which has no state income tax. Last I knew the city's income tax was 3% but that math doesn't work so either it's changed or the pro athletes pay a higher rate.
 
scstillerfan said:
Yes, which I was against also. As Wingman stated, let the owners pay for the buildings.
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Imagine how much better our economy could be if the small buisness didn't have to pay for their facility. BOOST UP



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I am not sure of the exact percentage, but the "Pittsburgh Professional Athlete fee" is charged to player sin Pittsburgh who do not residein Pittsburgh. So for example, McCutchen makes his home in Florida, yet plays for Pittsburgh, so he is charged that fee. It is suppose to go directly to pay for the stadiums (Heinz, PNC, ETC) but where it really goes is anyone's guess. So, if a player, say Ben for instance, has a house in Pittsburgh and resides there in the offseason, he would not have to pay the professional athlete tax. At least this it the way I understand it.
 
Great break down of FEE. Thanks for the clarification.



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So basically Cutch pays the city of Pittsburgh $60k/year for the right to NOT live in the city? You think it would be cheaper to own a cheap condo in the city and make that his primary address just to say he "lives" there while he "travels" in the offseason. It seems like there would be an easy way around that fee. Even though he makes millions, $60k/year is nothing to laugh at.
 
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