In a "decision with important implications for
professional athletes" in MD, a hearing officer cleared
Orioles OF Brady Anderson and former OF Mike Devereaux "of
claims they owed back taxes and said neither man should have
been taxed as a resident," according to Jon Morgan of the
Baltimore SUN. The decision "may clear up an ambiguity" in
MD's taxation of athletes, "where the state had argued that
many players should be taxed as residents if they keep a
home here year-round." Both Anderson and Devereaux
considered themselves residents of other states, while
living part-time in MD. But the state had "sought hundreds
of thousands of dollars in back taxes from both men, and
notified several other current and former" Orioles they were
under investigation. Anderson paid MD taxes "based on the
number of days worked in Baltimore, but not on away games or
his off-season endorsement income." After a May hearing,
the ruling, delivered Wednesday, said the evidence showed
neither Anderson or Devereaux was "a statutory resident" of
MD. The state "has indicated it will drop the
investigations of the other players, as well" (SUN, 11/7).
