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2025/2026 NFL Thread

Yes, you have to pay state taxes in the state you perform work (assuming they have state tax)

Can make it very complicated for professional athletes or lots of other people who travel a bunch for work.
 
mikev said:
That article is incorrect.

His $200K tax bill is from over $4M in earnings playing the SB and 2 other games in California during the year.
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Most sources are settling on $249K, but that may be for sensational reasons. FWIW. somewhere around $1.5M DD 2025 income....not adjusted for exact day count of expenses.

  • The Super Bowl in California added about 8 duty days for the Seahawks (pre-game prep + game day).
  • This prorates a slice of Darnold's entire 2025 compensation (under his 3-year, ~$100.5–$105 million contract with Seattle, including a large $32 million signing bonus paid/prorated in 2025, base salary around $5.3–$12.3 million depending on sources, and other earnings) to California.
  • Analysts often assume ~180 total duty days in a season for an NFL player. With 8 days in CA, roughly 4–5% of his annual income gets apportioned there.
  • For high earners like Darnold (total 2025 cash earnings ~$37–$40 million including bonus proration), this apportioned amount is in the millions, taxed at California's top marginal rates.
California's state income tax for high earners in 2025:

  • Top base rate: 13.3% on income over certain thresholds (e.g., ~$1 million+ for singles).
  • Plus an additional 1% Mental Health Services Tax on income over $1 million.
  • A 1.1–1.3% State Disability Insurance (SDI) payroll tax applies to all wages (expanded in recent years with no cap).
  • Combined effective top rate: Often cited as ~14.4–14.6% for ultra-high wage income.
The tax isn't just on his Super Bowl winner's bonus (~$178,000); it's on the prorated share of his full earnings. This leads to the ironic outcome: He earns $178K for the win but owes more (~$249K) in CA taxes due to the duty-day formula, resulting in a net loss of ~$71K from the event alone.
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Holeshot said:
Most sources are settling on $249K, but that may be for sensational reasons. FWIW. somewhere around $1.5M DD 2025 income....not adjusted for exact day count of expenses.
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OK, again, they're making it look incorrect on purpose. This is just incorrect:

The tax isn't just on his Super Bowl winner's bonus (~$178,000); it's on the prorated share of his full earnings. This leads to the ironic outcome: He earns $178K for the win but owes more (~$249K) in CA taxes due to the duty-day formula, resulting in a net loss of ~$71K from the event alone.

He is NOT losing 71k. The 178K was added on to his other earnings in CA.

It's literally not possible to pay more in tax than you earn.
 
mikev said:
OK, again, they're making it look incorrect on purpose. This is just incorrect:

The tax isn't just on his Super Bowl winner's bonus (~$178,000); it's on the prorated share of his full earnings. This leads to the ironic outcome: He earns $178K for the win but owes more (~$249K) in CA taxes due to the duty-day formula, resulting in a net loss of ~$71K from the event alone.

He is NOT losing 71k. The 178K was added on to his other earnings in CA.

It's literally not possible to pay more in tax than you earn.
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That's exactly what I told my first tax account when I fired his arse.

Edit to add, first five years with Mr. Ed, who I just visited yesterday- a 40 years running relationship, I paid zero taxes thanks to revisions and income averaging, correcting the past idiot's mistakes.
 
BillSmith said:
Edit to add, first five years with Mr. Ed, who I just visited yesterday- a 40 years running relationship, I paid zero taxes thanks to revisions and income averaging, correcting the past idiot's mistakes.
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Are you a farmer?

income averaging is not available for the average Joe from what I understand.

About Schedule J (Form 1040), Income Averaging for Individuals With Income From Farmers or Fishermen | Internal Revenue Service

About Schedule J (Form 1040), Income Averaging for Individuals With Income From Farmers or Fishermen, including recent updates, related forms and instructions on how to file. Use Schedule J to figure your income tax by averaging all or part of your taxable income from your trade or business of...
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Rules have changed. My state of taxation was late 70s early 80s. They abolished it, brought it back...guess the powers that be surf it when waves are good like Mavericks?

I'm not even a skim board in the beach wash in comparison.

Not a farmer but self employed.
 
mikev said:
OK, again, they're making it look incorrect on purpose. This is just incorrect:

The tax isn't just on his Super Bowl winner's bonus (~$178,000); it's on the prorated share of his full earnings. This leads to the ironic outcome: He earns $178K for the win but owes more (~$249K) in CA taxes due to the duty-day formula, resulting in a net loss of ~$71K from the event alone.

He is NOT losing 71k. The 178K was added on to his other earnings in CA.

It's literally not possible to pay more in tax than you earn.
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This is the critical part:

With 8 days in CA, roughly 4–5% of his annual income gets apportioned there.
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The apportionment for 8 days of his total annual compensation is higher than the $178K he gets for the SB win. Did the article reference him paying more taxes than earned? That's not correct; the CA tax apportioning of his high annual compensation is the reason for the imbalance the $SB win $178K and tax bill in excess of the $178K. If the SB was held in a state without a Jock tax, this tax issues wouldn't be an issue.
 
the 178K was just the bonus that every single player on the team got.

Darnold specifically also got another $1M as part of his contract for winning the SB.

Nevermind the fact that the playoffs were in 2026 so they don't affect his 2025 taxes anyway :laughing
 
Odd enough, the SB is a part of the 2025 season and thus considered 2025 income, despite being earned in 2026. Death and taxes-n-all.
 
I just caught a youtube short showing the crowd during Mr. Bunny's performance. Amazing!!!!.... as in nobody really into it. Everybody sitting or standing around going :wtf

The NFL really missed the boat on not having Metallica / Bay Area Legend playing 1/2 time. Guaranteed even some 60 yo's would have been head banging.
 
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