Nunes to LeBron: Brace yourself for California's taxes

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Rep. Devin Nunes (R) took to social media on Sunday to caution NBA star LeBron James that, by moving to Nunes’s home state of California, he's about to pay the highest taxes of his career.

Nunes, a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means and chairman of the Intelligence panel, sarcastically joked the former Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat player should have negotiated a higher salary with the Los Angeles Lakers so he could afford the tax hike.

"LOL! Prepare to pay the highest taxes you ever have in your career!!" he tweeted in response to the California Democratic Party's tweet welcoming James to the state.

Link to tweet

James, who on Sunday announced a $154 million contract with the Lakers, has in the past been a vocal supporter of Democratic candidates for public office.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/395276-nunes-to-lebron-brace-yourself-for-californias-taxes

Devin Nonuts can always leave the state,

[JI7]

1. And he will still be very wealthy

And would have no change in his standard of living.

And i think he already owns some property in california.

[still_one]

2. f**king traitor Nunes should go live in Russia

[Auggie]

3. If Nunes dislikes the taxes he should move

[Retrograde]

5. pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

and take Rohrbacher and Issa with you.

Yeah, taxes are high, but I feel that we get something back for them. Cool fact: if a public library in California gets state money, any state resident can get a library card from it. That's how I got my heavily used San Francisco library card - they have a much better electronic collection than my local library.

Plus, we have co-ordinated disaster coverage for fires, and a fine state park system. And a rainy day fund with money in it again for the next time our typical boom-and-bust economy crashes (the last GOP governor spent it down).

[UTUSN]

4. Note to NUNES: You won't be able to afford taxes after your legal bills.

[muntrv]

6. Hey Devin! Move out of you hate the taxes.

[jaysunb]

7. He already lives here most of the year and

I'm sure he already knows about taxes and wealthy people paying their fair share. Asshole

[Wellstone ruled]

8. He most likely runs his contract through a LLC

Domiciled in Nevada or some other non State Tax State.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Um, no way! Every professional athlete pays the pesky 'Jock Tax', and hires a competent ....

accountant to sort out the mess. Interesting, LeBron will only pay state taxes on games actually played in California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_tax

[Wellstone ruled]

15. That is right,remember the Jocks bitching when they played in Minnesota.

The deal with James,he does pound tens of Millions in youth and other positive Social issues.

[lapfog_1]

9. He will pay about $16M over 4 years in CA income tax

and, of course, will not be able to deduct that amount from his federal taxes.

However, that will leave him with $138M to pay federal taxes and scrape by on... barely enough for a house.

[JI7]

14. yup, i would LOVE to pay higher taxes because that means i would be making more money

but republicans are so stingy , greedy , resentful that they would be bitter over the taxes they had to pay rather than be happy at what they have .

[rufus dog]

10. Actually not

He is taxed on the games played in CA. So he will have his 41 home games plus the games against the Warriors, Clippers and Kings. So for the majority of games he will owe CA taxes. For the remaining games he will pay taxes in AZ, UT, TX, and so on. Same thing for all pro sports, they are taxed in their home state for the games played in their home states, then pay state taxes in each state for all other games played in the various states.

Now, I'm not sure how the playoffs factor in to tax liability. I would assume they would be prorated into the equation.

Regardless, you original statement is on target, unlike Nunes, James isn't a fucking dick and will pay up.

[Cha]

11. Like LeBron gives a shite..

He's not the greedy type like nunes

[gratuitous]

13. Hey Devin, shut up and legislate!

Or is that uncivil?