Buffalo Bills’ Jordan Poyer, a Pro-Bowl safety who has spent six years with the Bills and is set to become a free agent, says state income tax rates are factoring into his thinking when it comes to his next move.
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“Playing for Miami will save him an estimated $2.7 million in state and local taxes this season alone,”
writes Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects at the Tax Foundation. “Had he played for the Jets this year, he would have owed an estimated $3,191,968, of which $2,984,409 would go to
New Jersey and $207,559 would go to other states. Playing for the Dolphins, he will not owe any income taxes to
Florida (which doesn’t have an income tax), but his away games will yield an estimated $474,519 in liability elsewhere on the $30 million he’ll make this year.”