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Who are you rooting for this Divisional Round
This poll is closed.
Cincinnati Bengals 46 29.30%
Green Bay Packers 29 18.47%
San Francisco 49'ers 27 17.20%
Tennessee Titans 15 9.55%
Stan the T-Rex to Escape The Rock's Possession 40 25.48%
Total: 157 votes
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OperaMouse
Oct 30, 2010


This guy doesn't understand how tax brackets work.

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SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


The actual tax rate isn't terribly far off from that number though. Punching 750k into a tax calculator, it looks like between federal, California, and Social Security/Medicare taxes, he's paying $336k on 750k: 44.82%.

Bird in a Blender
Nov 17, 2005

It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Not to mention whatever cut his agent takes.

Patrick Spens
Jul 21, 2006

"Every quarterback says they've got guts, But how many have actually seen 'em?"
Pillbug
Also Beckham was paid 15 million dollars by the browns in 2021, so any tax bracket but the highest isn't super relevant when talking about his income from the Rams.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

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top marginal rates with california taxes for 1099 contractors is going to be close to 50%. most tv people and athletes are paying the top marginal rates for everything because the vast majority of their money is in the top marginal bracket. as posted above, beckham hit that bracket long before he earned dollar one from the rams. this is also why most of them skew republican, because they're the only people talking about taxing them in particular at a lower rate and no one should ever be surprised if any actor, athlete, or other celebrity has long since drank the right's kool aid because they are legitimately paying a high tax rate.

in a progressive system that treated all income as income and didn't give corporation incentive to designate everyone as a contractor, the 'celebrity' tax bracket would have an effective rate closer to 33% or lower rather than 43-50% or so. instead we have a system where their employer is allowed to dump a shitload of taxes they should rightly pay onto the laborer all the while saying "it's the government's fault."

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
I just like laughing at Bitcoin, let me have that.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

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Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I just like laughing at Bitcoin, let me have that.

please do.

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KYOON GRIFFEY JR
Apr 12, 2010



Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

OperaMouse posted:

This guy doesn't understand how tax brackets work.

he's already made enough money this year that any income from the Rams deal is going to be taxed at the top marginal rate

but yeah the guy probably does not understand tax brackets, he just lucked in to the right answer

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