Every year on July 1, Bobby Bonilla collects a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets. He has done so every July 1 since 2011 and will continue to do so through 2035. The date is so well known that baseball fans simply call it Bobby Bonilla Day.
For Mets fans, it is an annual punchline. For tax folks, it is something else: a reminder that when you get paid can matter almost as much as how much you get paid. READ MORE