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  Yeah but he said he had a positive income that year. Surely those things would have been taken out before we get to the final figure which is why he got those losses in other years.
context: Highlights of the report found on other articles include:
  On their 2015 federal return, Trump and his wife declared negative income of $31.7 million, with taxable income of $0. The couple paid federal income taxes of $641,931.
  The 2016 return declared negative income of $31.2 million, with zero dollars of taxable income. The Trumps paid $750 in taxes.
  The 2017 return declared negative income $12.8 million, with $0 in taxable income. The couple paid $750 in taxes.
  The 2018 return declared total income of $24.4 million, with taxable income of $22.9 million. The Trumps paid $999,466 in federal income taxes.
  In 2019, the Trumps declared $4.44 million in total income, and $2.97 million in taxable income. They paid $133,445 in taxes.
  The 2020 return shows negative income of $4.69 million, with zero dollars in taxable income. The tax paid by the Trumps was $0 and they claimed a refund of $5.47 million. >
  
  So he is either telling the truth and is an abysmal business man or a liar and tax cheat.
  Neither is a good look.
  How can you earn $1.3m in a year in '18 and it not be taxed on that? Here, anything over about $10k is taxed and he'd have to pay half that amount in taxes. >
  
  You can show paper losses on taxes for things like depreciating real estate, or the interest portion of a mortgage payment.
  He’s a scumbag but this is pretty normal stuff.