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World Series Champs Pay Hefty Luxury Tax

22 December 2009

How much does it cost to win a world championship? Apparently, just over $226 million. That’s how much the New York Yankees reportedly paid their players this year.
Today, the reigning world champs in baseball were assessed a luxury tax of $25.69 million as a result of their crazy spending. The Yanks are the [...]

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The IRS Cares What Clemens Has to Say

14 February 2008

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IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky has a special interest in the hearing for seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens. Novitzky has been at the helm of a five-and-a-half-year investigation into steroids in professional sports including drug [...]

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