Shohei Ohtani's contract with the Dodgers could come with bonus of mostly avoiding California taxes
by Adam Beam
Dec 15, 2023
3 minutes
If $700 million wasn't enough, Shohei Ohtani's record-setting contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers could also include a bonus: skipping most of California's famously high income taxes.
Not even the mighty Dodgers have the power to exempt Ohtani from paying his taxes. But they and the player can control when Ohtani gets paid. The Dodgers will pay Ohtani $20 million over the next decade, when the baseball star will be hitting and, health permitting, pitching for the National League powerhouse.
It's the decade after that when the Dodgers will really
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