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I’ll take a 15% tax rate on my bonuses.
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After reading the article, it looks like they are only claiming 15% tax on the first signing bonus paid in 2018.
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However, Tavares argues that the bonus was paid into his New York-based bank account in July 2018 and that he spent only 45 days in Canada between September and December of that year, once he began playing with Leafs.
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As such, he argues, the 2018 portion of the bonus should be taxed at only the 15-per-cent U.S. inducement rate.
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It looks like it's more of a question of which country he earned income in.