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Political Groundz => Religious & Political Debate => Topic started by: Joe on September 27, 2020, 07:42:48 PM

Title: Donald Trump denies New York Times Story that he paid only $760 in income taxes
Post by: Joe on September 27, 2020, 07:42:48 PM
...in 2016 and 2017

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/27/donald-trump-denies-income-tax-report/3556287001/

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump denied a news report Sunday that he paid only $750 in personal federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, but did not provide evidence and again refused to release his tax returns.

Trump told reporters at the White House that "actually I paid tax," but said he would not release returns on his own because they are under IRS audit, an excuse he has used for years.

"I paid a lot and I paid a lot of state income taxes, too," Trump said during a news conference. "New York State charges a lot and I paid a lot of money in state."

Just before the news conference began, The New York Times posted a story saying that Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the presidency, and another $750 in 2017, his first year in office.

The Times, citing tax return data it obtained spanning two decades, also said Trump paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years, "largely because he reported losing much more money than he made."

The Times said "his reports to the I.R.S. portray a businessman who takes in hundreds of millions of dollars a year yet racks up chronic losses that he aggressively employs to avoid paying taxes."

The president dismissed the story as "fake news" and said that details about his taxes would "all be revealed," but gave no timeline on when he would disclose his records.

Trump was the first major presidential candidate in four decades to refuse to release tax returns. The president is currently embroiled in a legal battle with New York prosecutors seeking his tax records.

Trump has dismissed Vance's investigation as a political "witch hunt" and has fought all the way to the Supreme Court to keep his financial records private.

The newspaper said "additional articles" on Trump's taxes "will be published in the coming weeks." It did not publish actual returns, arguing it wanted to protect its sources.

The president campaigned in 2016 on his record as a successful businessman who raked in millions by making great deals.

Alan Garten, a lawyer from the Trump Organization, told the Times "most, if not all, of the facts appear to be inaccurate" in the report.

"Over the past decade, President Trump has paid tens of millions of dollars in personal taxes to the federal government, including paying millions in personal taxes since announcing his candidacy in 2015," Garten told the Times in a statement.

The Times pointed out that Garten used the term "personal taxes," which could include other federal taxes such as Social Security, Medicare and taxes for his household employees.

The report comes two days before Trump is set to face his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the first presidential debate, and just 37 days before the election.

Pollster Frank Luntz said the report "won’t change a single decided vote," but could hurt Trump among people who haven't decided. "He needs every undecided voter, and they won’t like this at all," Luntz said.

Luntz said the news will likely affect Tuesday's debate.

"This could not happen at a worse time for him," Luntz said. "Candidates want positive stories in the hours before a debate. Negative stories will tilt the playing field against him."

Democrats quickly questioned the legality of Trump's tax maneuvers.

"This may be why @realDonaldTrump has potential legal problems," tweeted Democratic strategist David Axelrod. "If you claim massive losses to avoid paying federal income taxes but inflate your revenues and assets on bank documents for loan purposes, wouldn’t that constitute fraud?"

Trump said he has many filings from many of his companies, and "nobody talks about that ... They're very big, they're very powerful and very accurate."

The president's supporters said the news report needs to be scrutinized, noting that the newspaper did not publish the actual returns.

"There’s no way to assess the veracity of the reporting without the returns being published," said Matt Mackowiak, a Texas-based Republican political consultant. "The New York Times says they have them. Why not publish them? There are only two possible explanations: They were illegally acquired or they don’t exist."
Title: Re: Donald Trump denies New York Times Story that he paid only $760 in income taxes
Post by: lokmar on September 27, 2020, 08:09:44 PM
Gee, who do I believe, Saint Trump or the Times, a rag thats been caught lying dozens of times about Trump.   :popcorn:
Title: Re: Donald Trump denies New York Times Story that he paid only $760 in income taxes
Post by: Rennel_Feldswipe on September 27, 2020, 09:18:36 PM
If Trump did pay $760 in income taxes to the rapacious Federal government, then I say good for him.

It is every free Americans duty to fuck the government out of every penny those vile cunts want to steal from us.

Fuck them and fuck all the leeches that suck their livings from MY taxes.
Title: Re: Donald Trump denies New York Times Story that he paid only $760 in income taxes
Post by: Oerdin on November 22, 2022, 03:45:16 PM
Democrat partisan fishing expedition given the legal go ahead. 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/politics/supreme-court-clears-way-for-house-to-get-trumps-taxes/index.html
Title: Re: Donald Trump denies New York Times Story that he paid only $760 in income taxes
Post by: lokmar on November 22, 2022, 06:11:25 PM
Democrat partisan fishing expedition given the legal go ahead. 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/politics/supreme-court-clears-way-for-house-to-get-trumps-taxes/index.html

I heard that today. Another "we got him now" situation. If Trumps tax documents would show a single crime, he'd be in prison long ago.
Title: Re: Donald Trump denies New York Times Story that he paid only $760 in income taxes
Post by: Oliver Clotheshoffe on November 23, 2022, 10:10:53 AM
Trump doesn't do his own taxes, his accountants do them for him. If there's any problem they need to talk to the accountants.