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Old 06-26-2025, 02:48 PM   #86
Mccree
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
I don't think that's a great thing for Canadian teams.

In Canada, bonuses are taxed more favourably than straight up salary so by heavily weighting a contract with signing bonuses, it helps alleviate the tax burden and levels the playing field somewhat.
It just gets taxed at your marginal tax rate as does their salary. There is no difference.
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