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Cuba To Impose Tax On Baseball Players Who Sign MLB Deals

July 2 is the earliest date a Cuban player under the age of 25 could be released to play in MLBGETTY IMAGES

The Cuban government will "impose a new tax on Cuban baseball players who sign Major League contracts," though the tax rate will be "much less than such athletes will pay in the United States," according to a front-page piece by Whitefield, Torres & Ebro of the MIAMI HERALD. The tax rate on those players will be 4%. However, it "will be a while before any Cuban player will be signed to an MLB contract." The earliest the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) could "release a younger 'amateur' player would be July 2, and for Cuban players who are 25 years or older, the first time they would be eligible to sign MLB contracts would be in November during the free agency period for foreign players following the next World Series." Under an agreement reached last month, MLB clubs will "pay the FCB a one-time release fee" of between 15-20% of the total MLB contract. That fee would be in "addition to a player’s contract" (MIAMI HERALD, 1/8).

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