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While most star athletes who play the major professional sports (football, baseball, basketball and hockey) just figure the jock tax into their next contract negotiation, lesser players with lesser salaries also have to pay the tax, which can be burdensome.
When NBA stars like the Cleveland Cavaliersâ LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakersâ Kobe Bryant play road games in states that levy income taxes, not only do they leave behind enduring images of slam dunks and buzzer beaters, they also leave behind large chunks of their paychecks in the form of âjock taxes.â.