S9 (1988-1989) Luxury Tax Thread

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A team's "minimum tax" is locked in at the trade deadline - per the rules for in-season Free Agency here: viewtopic.php?t=5222 - "Players may not be released after the Trade Deadline unless a squad has to cut a player because a pre-trade deadline trade put their roster over 15 players and they must cut down to 15 or they have 8 or more injured players and signing enough players to get them to the minimum 8 healthy players cannot otherwise be accomplished (I.e., "involuntary cuts only")." So you can't cut players after the Trade Deadline to reduce your tax bill.
If a team's salary increases after the trade deadline (e.g., you have to sign a player to get to 8 healthy players due to injury), your "minimum tax" is based on the new salary total.
The above two points mean a team's final tax bill is based on whatever the team's highest salary total is at any time after the trade deadline has passed.

Potential Repeaters (see last year's tax thread at: viewtopic.php?t=15649)
Hawks - 2 years

Projected Tax Bills (as of Expanson Draft)
None

Season 9 Tax Brackets (based on cap of $9,889,578)

Amount over Cap	Pct	Tax	2 Yr	3 Yr	4+ Yr
$1 - $988,957	0.1	0	0	0	0
$988,958 - $1,186,749	0.12	10	15	23	31
$1,186,750 - $1,483,436	0.15	13	19	29	39
$1,483,437 - $1,780,124	0.18	16	23	35	47
$1,780,125 - $2,076,811	0.21	19	27	41	55
$2,076,812 - $2,373,498	0.24	23	32	48	64
$2,373,499 - $2,670,186	0.27	27	37	55	73
$2,670,187 - $2,966,873	0.3	31	42	62	82
$2,966,874 - $3,263,560	0.33	36	48	70	92
$3,263,561 - $3,560,248	0.36	41	54	78	102
$3,560,249 - $3,856,935	0.39	46	60	86	112
$3,856,936 - $4,153,622	0.42	51	66	94	122
$4,153,623 - $4,450,310	0.45	57	73	103	133
$4,450,311 - $4,746,997	0.48	63	80	112	144
$4,746,998 - $5,043,684	0.51	69	87	121	155
$5,043,685 - $5,241,476	0.53	76	95	131	167
$5,241,477 - $5,439,267	0.55	83	103	141	179
$5,439,268 - $5,637,059	0.57	90	111	151	191
$5,637,060 - $5,834,851	0.59	97	119	161	203
$5,834,852 - $6,032,642	0.61	104	127	171	215
$6,032,643 - $6,230,434	0.63	112	136	182	228
$6,230,435 - $6,428,225	0.65	120	145	193	241
$6,428,226 - $6,626,017	0.67	128	154	204	254
$6,626,018 - $6,823,808	0.69	136	163	215	267
$6,823,809 - $7,021,600	0.71	144	172	226	280
$7,021,601 - $7,219,391	0.73	153	182	238	294
$7,219,392 - $7,417,183	0.75	162	192	250	308
$7,417,184 - $7,614,975	0.77	171	202	262	322