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The statistic shows the luxury tax payments of the New York Yankees from 2003 to 2012. For the 2011 season the Yankees paid 13.9 million U.S. dollars in luxury tax.
In 2011 the New York Yankees pay at a 40 percent rate on the amount of their payroll over 178 million U.S. dollars. The final payroll of the Yankees in 2011 was 212.7 million U.S. dollars.