How does the tax thing work if he's not technically living in New Jersey? I thought NHL players get taxed by each locale? So 41 games in the home state of their team and 41 games according to the taxes of everywhere else.
But Clarkson wouldn't be making his money in different cities? Just wherever he currently resides?
The thing most people don't realize is that many states have reciprocity tax clauses for situations like this (i.e. athletes, etc.) where each state says, I won't tax your residents working in my state if you don't tax my residents working in yours. There are obviously other things to consider (like local tax jurisdictions as well), but for the most part, the majority of money that players make is taxed in the home state that they work. This also applies to US players that play away games in Canada, so long as said player doesn't 'work' over a certain number of days in Canada per year.
I don't know the specifics about Clarkson's situation, but let's say for example he would be living in Florida, but is paid by the Devils. Depending on his tax situation, he would need NJ takes withheld on his paycheck. Even though he doesn't live in NJ, he would only get a portion of that withheld state tax money back, since his 'employer' is based in NJ.
