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Originally Posted by butterfly
The last thing I want to see is the NHL punishing teams in favorable tax locations and rewarding teams in unfavorable tax locations. Why? What did the Seattle Kraken do to lobby the state of Washington to have no income tax?
Are they going to factor in property tax and sales tax, too? After all, the players need to live somewhere and buy stuff.
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How is it a “punishment” to level a playing field to account for factors that have nothing to do with the team, if you can do it. Why punish a team for a government decision?
And the difference between income tax and property/sales tax when considering the amount players get in their paycheque is fairly obvious. I guarantee you that players think about income tax a lot more than any other tax when they consider offers. They ask about their take home pay.