In 2014, the most recent tax year available, the Clintons paid an effective federal tax rate of 35.7 percent.
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The Clintons have disclosed tax returns for every year since 1977.
According to their joint return, the Clintons made $10.6 million in 2015, significantly less than the almost $28 million they made the year before when the former secretary of state was still doing paid speaking engagements.
Trump, who has released a self-reported financial disclosure form, said he will not make his tax returns public until the Internal Revenue Service completes audits of them.
But the billionaire Trump has declined to release his, arguing that his tax returns for the past several years are being audited.
Trump has said he is now under audit and won’t release the documents until the audit wraps.
Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, has yet to say if he will release his taxes, which he has not done as governor of Indiana. All major US presidential candidates in modern history have released their returns.
Clinton’s campaign has released tax returns going back to 2007.
Trump’s critics, including 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and other fellow Republicans, have said his refusal raises questions about his net worth, his charitable contributions, his business dealings and other ties, including with Russian Federation.
A source close to Clinton said she would soon release the return, supplementing the decades of returns she and her husband have already made public.
The filing shows that the Clintons paid a federal tax rate of 34.2 per cent.
They gave more than one million dollars to charity. A lower income would undermine his image as a successful businessman.
Hillary Clinton also earned $3 million in book sales past year. “Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, released returns for 2006 to 2015”.
Mrs Clinton gave dozens of paid speeches in 2013, 2014 and 2015 but gave this up before launching her candidacy for the White House in April 2015. “And if you are running to be president or you are president of the U.S., words can have tremendous consequences”, the former USA secretary of state said on Wednesday while addressing a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
In 2015, the Clintons claimed deductions for mortgage interest, state and local income taxes and charitable contributions.
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This speech is wonky and unflashy, but there’s a great moment (around the 37:00 mark) when she talks about Trump stiffing small businesses right before Clinton describes her father’s small business.
