LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers exceeded the competitive balance tax threshold for a third consecutive season, and will be stuck with a bill from Major League Baseball for $43.7 million, per USA Today. It is the highest amount ever levied by MLB for luxury tax purposes, surpassing the Yankees' $34.1 million levy in 2005.
The limit for teams to avoid paying the tax was $189 million in 2015, the same amount it will be in 2016. The 2015 Dodgers payroll, per MLB calculations, was $298.3 million.
The MLB calculations aren't too far off of my internal numbers, which tracks actual money paid out each year.