Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign has said that the American people want to see the thousands of e-mails deleted by his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to keep authorities from untangling a corrupt scheme and not her tax returns released by her.
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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.
The Clinton campaign’s release gave them another opportunity to jab Trump for his refusal to release his own tax returns.
But the billionaire Trump has declined to release his, arguing that his tax returns for the past several years are being audited.
Kaine and Holton had an adjusted gross income of $313,441 and paid a total of 25.6% in tax.
Trump has said “there’s nothing to learn” from his returns and he has released a personal financial statement, which is legally required.
Trump says having a much lower business tax rate is “geared towards keeping jobs and wealth inside the United States”.
All told, the couple earned $151.5 million over the last nine years, and some $238 million since they left the White House in 2001. “What is he trying to hide?”.
The Clintons have disclosed returns for every year dating back to 1977.
To summarize, Bill and Hillary Clinton gave 100 times more money to charity in 2015 than Donald Trump had given in the last seven years.
Here’s what she is referring to: Under his tax reform proposal Trump would slash the income tax rate on all business income to 15%.
Earlier Friday, the Clinton campaign released a new web video featuring prominent Republicans, including former Republican nominee Mitt Romney and Texas Sen.
They paid $63,626 in federal taxes past year, for a tax rate of 20.3 percent.
While they are not obliged to by law, it is customary for U.S. presidential candidates to make their tax returns public. Laureate Education paid him $1 million in 2015, for a total of $17.4 million since 2010, when Laureate’s chairman first engaged him.
Trump had told The Associated Press in May that he would not release his returns before the November 8 elections.
Bill Clinton also reported $1.7 million in consulting fees from two private education providers.
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Departing from 40 years of tradition for presidential candidates, Trump has so far refused to release any of his tax returns for public inspection.
