Donald Trump has refused to publish his tax return since 2015.
According to a New York Times report, the US president only paid $ 750 a year in income tax.
In the past, allegations have been made that US President Donald Trump * paid too little taxes for years.
The US President * has refused to publish his tax return since he took office.
A new report in the New York Times now further increases the pressure on the 74-year-old.
Washington DC - Tomorrow, Tuesday, the
United States
is probably the high point of the
campaign
for the
US presidential election
*
held in November: The
TV debate
between incumbent
US president Donald Trump
and his challenger Democrat and former Vice-President
Joe Biden
.
So shortly before this extremely important date, the New York Times is now making serious allegations against
Donald Trump
in a report
.
Donald Trump under pressure: US President is said to have only paid $ 750 in income tax
The newspaper apparently has
tax records of
the
US President
for the past two decades.
The documents extend to 2017, including
Donald Trump's
first term
as President - in 2016 he prevailed against Hillary Clinton in the elections.
And these documents have it all.
Donald Trump
is said to have
paid
just $ 750 in
income taxes in
2016 and 2017
.
By comparison, an elementary school teacher pays an
average of $ 7,239 a year
in the
US
.
In addition, the records indicate that the
US president
has paid no federal taxes in ten of the last 15 years.
According to
Donald Trump
, because he made more losses than profits.
Several of the 74-year-old's properties were also in trouble, so that debt repayments of several hundred million US dollars could soon be due.
US President defends himself against serious allegations - tax allegations are "fake news"
Donald Trump
ruled on the allegations in the usual way.
“FAKE NEWS,” wrote the
US President
in capital letters on his Twitter account.
“I've paid a lot and I've paid a lot of taxes to New York State,” the 74-year-old said.
Trump's lawyer also said that the many "facts" in the Times report were not accurate.
FAKE NEWS!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2020
Donald Trump's tax filing released - $ 70,000 in hairdressing expenses
Although
Donald Trump brought
in
more than 400 million US dollars on his TV show “The Apprentice” * over the years
before his
presidency
, the
US president
is said to have made
heavy losses with his hotels and golf resorts.
A particularly delicate detail, however, are various
tax write-offs
that
Trump
is said to have made in recent years.
The New York Times report shows that
Trump
taxed over $ 70,000 in hairdressing bills while working for The Apprentice.
Several of Trump's companies also sold more than 90,000 US dollars for hair and make-up stylists for his daughter
Ivanka
.
However, Donald Trump
announced that he would
publish
his
tax data
as soon as the IRS audit, which has been going on for years, is completed.
Already in the
election campaign
for the last presidential election in 2016, the then opponent of the Democrats,
Hillary Clinton
, accused
Trump of paying too little taxes and also being highly indebted *.
Now, this year too,
Trump's
taxes could become a big topic shortly before the November election.
Serious allegations shortly before the TV duel: A trump card for Trump's opponent Joe Biden?
Trump's rival
candidate Joe Biden
*
shared a video on Twitter on Sunday in which the average income tax payments of various professions are compared with those of the
US president
.
It is very likely that
Biden will make
Trump's
tax records
a major target in Tuesday's
TV debate
.
In Germany, too, the #TrumpTaxReturns appeared on Monday morning in the trends of the most used hashtags on Twitter.
(fd) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network
Teachers paid $ 7,239
Firefighters paid $ 5,283
Nurses paid $ 10,216
Donald Trump paid $ 750 pic.twitter.com/5YE1cbYsBN
- Team Joe (Text JOE to 30330) (@TeamJoe) September 28, 2020
List of rubric lists: © Brendan Smialowski / AFP