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Pro Athlete Income Taxes with Sean Packard, Tax Guru to Superstar Athletes | February 18, 2024

On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are joined by Sean Packard, Director of Tax at Octagon. They chat about:

00:00 What makes athlete tax returns so complicated

16:00 Dispelling the myth that it's more lucrative to play in places with no state income tax

19:45 How compensation is paid to a pro-athlete and RCA

25:30 The structure of Shohei Ohtani's monster contract

31:30 Being paid as a corporation

36:45 Athletes fighting against the city of Pittsburgh

47:00 The most complicated tax returns and working with great players

Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamWylde…

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