Mrs Clinton and her husband Bill, the former president, reported $10.6 million (AU$13.9 million) in income for 2015, and paid $3.6 million (AU$4.7 million) in federal income tax.
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Hillary and Bill Clinton paid $3.2 million in federal income tax past year, a rate of 34.2 percent.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine today released their 2015 tax returns.
“Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine continue to set the standard for financial transparency”, said Clinton’s campaign aide Jennifer Palmieri in a statement.
“Here’s a pretty incredible fact: there is a non-zero chance that Donald Trump isn’t paying *any* taxes”, Ms Clinton tweeted, minutes after releasing her own returns.
The couple’s tax rate falls in line with a policy proposal Hillary Clinton has supported in the campaign, the so-called “Buffett rule”, named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who said under federal law, he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary, who makes a middle-class salary.
Trump has yet to release his tax returns.. However, the IRS said: “Nothing prevents individuals form sharing their own tax information”. Bill Clinton earned $10 million from speeches and $4 million in book sales that year, but their combined income dropped to $5.5 million in 2008.
Hillary Clinton, 68, gave dozens of paid speeches in 2013, 2014 and 2015 but gave up on that before launching her White House run in April 2015. More than half the earnings came from Bill Clinton’s speaking and consulting fees.
“There are no rules against showing your tax returns and just let people ask us questions about the items that are on there”, said Buffett.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has still not released his tax return.
The Clintons made $10.7 million in total income, but reported an adjusted gross income of $10.6 million due to a self-employment tax deduction.
Clinton and Kaine aren’t alone in their pursuit to pressure Trump to release his taxes.
The video includes 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Texas Sen. All major US presidential candidates in modern history have released their returns.
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“Yesterday, we witnessed the latest in a long line of casual comments from Donald Trump that crossed the line”, she said, citing “his casual inciting of violence”.
