Californicated: Super Bowl-winning Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold won $188,000 in prize money for the game. His tax bill from Democrat-run California will be $202,000.
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" l. Darnold earned a lot more more than just his super bowl bonus in California. He was also earning his salary which amounted to as much as $1.5M by some estimates"
He gets paid a salary regardless. It's built right into his contract.
" It also doesn't take into account any deductions he has such as covering the cost of trainers, nutritionists, publicist, etc whose services he paid for while in the state."
He doesn't pay any of that out of pocket. The franchise pays for all of those services.
But, yeah, a $212k tax bill for working one week in the state of California seems totally normal. /s