>

LOL, Trump is a broke-ass bitch.
Billionaire my ass!
So the checks and balances supposedly to catch this kind of stuff was basically disabled/crippled/idle the majority of Trump being president. >

The fact that someone could be this fucking crooked and still become POTUS shows our system is fucking broken.
The dude couldn't get enough security clearance to watch a sausage get made, yet he became POTUS. >

What always gets me is that the people who cry out against corruption are the same people who are okay with supporting uber corrupt people who take money from hard working citizens. >

Their main motivation for electing him was, "at least he's not black".
Edit: Typo >

Or a woman. That was his main accomplishment in 2016...he had a penis, however tiny. >

Accountant redditors be like "it's my time" >

i’m currently 380 pages into his 2015 return. it’s interesting how many schedule c sole proprietorships he included when he could have just aggregated a lot of them. 
this return confirmed my biggest assumption: he has a huge net operating loss he’s been carrying forward from a year previous to 2015. $105 million was available for use in 2015, and was utilized against his almost $28 million of income from debts canceled in 2015. 
also interesting that he has a $21 million charitable donation that is a very common audit risk among higher net worth individuals: a conservation easement. the idea is that you have a pretty piece of property or historic building, and you enter into an agreement to preserve its current state. because you are releasing your right to do whatever you want with the property, you get a tax deduction for the value of that right so long as you enter into the agreement with a qualifying organization. the proposed value of the right he released in 2015 was $21 million. irs aggressively audits these easement donations. or at least, they say they do. >

So is he a billionaire or not? >

His net worth has always been tied up in what his name and personal brand are worth. It’s impossible to say what is worth is, really. But even if at one point he was a billionaire, he sure the fuck ain’t one now. No one wants Trump-branded buildings or steaks or universities or whatever anymore. >

But have you heard of NFT trading cards? >

2 weeks ago trading at $990/Nft now down to $131 and still dropping 🥰 >

So he's made a grand total of about $5mm on the project, pretty paltry if you consider the number of dinners etc he'll have to do and people he had to hire for the project. >

You actually believe for a second he intends to honor his dinner/meeting commitments?  You'll be lucky if you get to have dinner with a cardboard cutout of him.  
I'm not convinced he didn't buy most of them himself after they became a joke. >

Yeah a mass diner via Zoom, miss it and that's your problem. >

If anything you'd get a pre-recorded video clip of him wishing you well or something.  More likely nothing. >


(WARNING: it's a 1.1 GB zip file)

That's 369 3.5 inch floppies.
~~Dual layer~~ Double Sided of course. >

2.88MB floppies were not common, should have used 1.44MB as a reference. >

Fine.
That's 369 3.5 inch floppies.
1.44 MB, Double Sided. >

Floppy was 5.25" disks I always found the 3.5's to be more turgid >

Turgid is literary speak for "boner" >

That was part of the joke, the contrast with 'floppy disk'. >

Oh, darn I missed that. I understood it as engorged,  would never work as a joke. >

Irs only cares about people sending 500 dollars on Venmo, not billionaires stealing billions >

They don't have the budget or manpower to go after the big ones. Guess why... >

I'll take GoP budget cuts, for $1,000,000,000, please Alex >

TLDR for what we know now. (Going to update throughout the day I'm sure):
The vote passed on party lines. Personal information was redacted. 
6000 documents including around 2700 from his and Melania's personal taxes and over 3000 from his businesses. >


The vote passed on party lines. 

This why I don’t believe in conspiracy theories and why I tell my Trumpian friends they shouldn’t either…they do the evil shit right in front of your face. Who wouldn’t want more transparency for not only someone who is running for president, but previously stated he would release he returns and never did? >

Why do you still have friends who support this turdburglar?
People support people they admire. Why be friends with people who admire this guy? >

I’ll just copy what I said to someone who asked the same question…

It’s not easy at times, but I think the best way to keep this country together and prevent unrest is to talk. You can’t do that when you shun people. 
I’ve learned lots of techniques and strategies to get them to see illogical conclusions (not trying to change opinions, just false beliefs) is questioning. This is basically what shows like the Daily Show does….you keep asking them questions and they 1) think you care and 2) run into their own fallacy. >

They're really not all that bright...

“This is a regrettable stain on the Ways and Means Committee and Congress, and will make American politics even more divisive and disheartening. In the long run, Democrats will come to regret it,” Brady said.

Why would they? Democrats and even R presidents have released their taxes willingly. >

When ever a republican says the Democrats will regret this they mean they (Republicans) will regret it. >

I am going to enjoy the analysis of this so much. And I didn't think I'd ever say that about a tax return. >

Analysis: He's broke. >

Extended analysis: he's broke and he habitually lied on his returns. I know... duh, but still. Will this pos ever see justice? >

The believed a con man who's the owner of a criminal organization about how rich he was. 
Anyone who thinks this will make a bit of difference to the cult is out of their mind. >

His cult will claim he is even more of a business genius because he managed not to pay any taxes. >

Literally what my ex would say. “If he gets away with it then it is smart.” What are morals >

Had some trumpist bring this up after griping about people working the welfare system, and I just threw his own words back at him. I don't see a difference, if they think he's so smart to avoid paying taxes, then those abusing the welfare system are doing the same thing. Using the rules to abuse a system is a damn shame and I wouldn't be proud of anyone doing it. >

Well you see, those in the welfare system are undeserving regardless of whether they cheat, while rich people like trump are only getting what they deserve! - some conservative probably >

I've learnt to lower my expectations when stuff like this is announced >

You still have expectations? >

Yeah, no one realistically cares enough at this point in time.
Trump isn't President any longer. No he's not going to jail anytime soon, no President will ever be convicted of a crime outside of something obvious and unspeakable like murder.
GOP has ditched trump for DeSantis, so they don't really have any reason to defend him (i.e. make noise) so there's nothing going on there.
Democrats are would shoot themselves in the foot by making it all about Trump which no one wants to hear about outside of progressives. 
It's over. >


GOP has ditched trump for DeSantis, so they don't really have any reason to defend him

I agree with this, but also 100% believe that Trump will run as an independent and split the party to punish them for not giving him the nomination, if that's what happens.  He's threatened it before and the party still very much seems to be held hostage by the possibility that he'll actually do it. >

I hate to say it but I hope he runs... it's a risk but I'd like to see him split the vote. >

You would think even Trump supporters would be mad that they pay more taxes than a supposed "billionaire."
But apparently they like being screwed over. >

I don’t know why this isn’t a great day for Trump. He said over and over again that he “would love nothing more than to release my taxes”, but he couldn’t because they were under audit. He’s finally getting what he wanted. What he loves. >

"Under audit," y'know, the audit that began two years into his presidency, on the same day Congress asked the IRS what the fuck was up with his taxes. >

The IRS also explained in no uncertain terms that even if they were under audit he could share them. But somehow the audit stood in the way of his love to share them. It’s sad. He should be celebrating now that they’re public and he’s no longer hindered by an audit. His anger is wildly confusing, borderline deranged given the circumstances. >

Funny that I can sell $600 worth of my RPG books from my personal collection with PayPal and the IRS wants to know about it. But this fool can pay $0 in taxes and get $5 million back. It is always the little people under the the microscope >

I’m furious. Sold some stuff on eBay, the IRS wants to know all about the lousy $1200. Trump defrauds them, in the dozens of millions, gets by without so much as a letter. >

“I was the most transparent, and am, transparent President in history”
-Donald J Trump >

Because we can see right through him. >

This feels relevant. >

Trump loves to complain about how the "deep state" and the mainstream media are out to get him and treat him so unfairly.
How is this for unfair?:


Only president in modern history to not have to show the American people his tax returns while in office.


Only 1 person in the IRS was in charge of performing his tax audit- an impossible task for 1 accountant to perform.


Has never once had to testify before a congressional committee or investigators the entire time he was in office or the 2 years since he left.


Made more money while working for the government than he did in the 2 years before he got elected, according to his tax returns.


The guy is a complete and total scam artist. Anyone who believes a signle thing he says is a complete idiot. >

Let’s not forget his 44million NFT project that has stolen, watermarked images. >

People who don't understand tax returns will get louder about how smart he is for being broke and committing fraud. >

Yeah we're well past the point where his tax returns would change anybody's mind on him. Everybody already knows he's a crook, the difference is that some people just don't care or even cheer it on because if they were in his position they wouldn't follow the rules either. >

Hol up... 
A jury in a tax fraud case sent Al Capone up the river with just such evidence.
It matters. >

He literally tried to overthrow the government and still almost got re-elected. Millions of people still voted for him. If that isn't enough to change people's mind, then nothing will. >

Jan 6 happened after the election >

Shit, you're right. My mistake, sorry about that. At any rate, replace it with any of the other scandals then.  He was impeached twice, and despite the blatant abuse of power people didn't care one bit. There would be hell to pay if it came from a Democrat and a Republican would be far more likely to lose some support if it weren't Trump.
I'll add that even after January 6h plenty of people are willfully ignorant and support his lies just because it's Trump, their god-king. >

I think you are both right. I have heard of no one going to Trump's side as more and more shit like this comes out. One day he will die and a lot of the idiots still supporting him will call it a lie and claim to have seen him eating at the local IHOP and that his "death" is just a conspiracy from the Left to silence their opposition. While there are those people and there always will be, he has repeatedly shown his true colors and surprisingly so have a lot of his followers. >


Trump called the planned release “an outrageous abuse of power,” and falsely claimed that Democrats had “illegally obtained and leaked my personal tax returns, which show only that I’ve had tremendous success.” 

From years now of listening to Trump, I think I can accurately translate this.
"The returns will show that my finances were in disarray up to 2016, I am not the billionaire I have branded myself as, and I am leveraged out the ass to maintain my image and lifestyle. My more recent loans, on extremely favorable terms, are from questionable foreign sources and the only thing that saved me from ruin was that somehow my foreign ventures managed to perform exceptionally well during my Presidency". >

Bold of you to assume he knows the word "disarray." >

It’s French for “desire” >


In a video statement last Friday, Trump called the planned release “an outrageous abuse of power,” and falsely claimed that Democrats had “illegally obtained and leaked my personal tax returns, which show only that I’ve had tremendous success.” 
Some of the returns were also from Trump's businesses. A 39-page report from the Joint Committee on Taxation released last week included summaries from Trump’s personal tax forms and business entities, which showed he's been paying relatively little in taxes.
For example, in 2020, Trump appeared to owe nothing in taxes, the report showed. That was thanks to Trump claiming $15 million in business losses, which resulted in him having negative $4 million in adjusted gross income. Trump then claimed a $5 million refund.
Trump reported millions in negative income in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020, and he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.
In 2019, Trump and his wife, Melania, reported significant losses of more than $16.4 million but reported a total income of $4.4 million.

Tremendous success? At what? Lying on taxes to avoid paying what all the idiot Trump supporters have to pay?
Seriously, this shows that he is either extremely dishonest or extremely unsuccessful at making money. So which is it? Either way I'm not seeing much "winning" here since this is now public knowledge. >

All during a Yuge economy! >

So are we going to find out anything we don't already know? >

Exactly how not "very rich" he is. >

Would that even be in a tax return though? Like you don't include your networth on a tax return, and if you don't withdraw investments they don't get reported as gains on a tax return.
All we can really learn is how much he earned (or rather how much of it he actually reported) those particular years, no? >

You can extrapolate many things from the return on a investment. E.g. Assuming interest rate on an account of X percent, if you see an income of Y you can estimate the capital.
Another e.g. A return on a government lower yield long term bond. >

Right but rich people don't just stick their money in a savings or checkings that generates interest. You do have to report that interest, but on investments you only report if you sold. >

Rich people will spread their risk over multiple investment types with different timescales. Cash for immediate needs, one year savings and bonds, and others with up to decades for a return. >

So he didn't donate his Presidential salary to charity like he promised? >

Correct, although we only know for sure of that in 2020.  Or at least he didn't claim a deduction for any charitable giving that year.  I guess he can claim he donated it but didn't deduct it? >

He’s like that one turd that won’t flush. >

That's why you need a poop knife. >

A poop knife?? >

You must be new here. >

Do ... do we tell them about two broken arms while chewing on Jolly Rangers and Doritos as we muck through the Dagobah Swamps? >

Wow you've seen some shit, and your leet, God damn >


People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

Despite what his tax returns may show, he is in effect too big to fail. He’ll be bailed out by the GOP, MAGA crowd, Alt-Right, Corporate Interests, too many people need him to be the face of their agenda. >

Bad actors taking a bad bet could be a good thing. Less money to do damage elsewhere 
Please America, vote the correct way... >

Somehow his scummy actions go unchecked by the IRS, but when I sold more than $600 worth of baseball cards on eBay...audit time!!! >

Take a wild guess who didn’t donate one penny of his presidential salary to charity. >

I’m guessing you don’t work that hard to keep them sealed unless it’s tax fraud >

Or you don’t make as much money as you want people to believe.  Or both. >

Or he’s exploiting a loophole he doesn’t want to draw attention to. >


he’s exploiting a loophole 

I believe it was in the last debate with HRC that he claimed exploiting loopholes made him "smart." That probably cemented more votes than anything with those "I'm a millionaire in waiting" types. >

It's not even a matter of clever accounting. He has a history of just flatout lying on his taxes. I read an article about how in the 80s, he tried to write off $600k in losses from a consulting company he set up. The problem was the company in question had no income whatsoever or any indication they even operated as a business because they couldn't provide a single receipt representing the money they supposedly spent or the services they were supposedly providing. It eventually went to court where it wasn't allowed, but up to that point, the IRS just ignored it. >

America is a messed up place, when the IRS is afraid of rich people. In my country EVERYONE gets checked / audited every single year. 
Nobody is supposed to be above the law. But America land of the rich they are.  Why do you accept this?. >

You already said it. 
America is the land of the rich. 
The rich make the rules to help themselves. Which means although we vote, that doesn’t make changes. >

Would you look at that. The grifter never donated his presidential salary, ever. Another conservative talking point disproven. >

TFG is having a meltdown on his Twitter light (Truth Social). It’s beautiful. >

Wish we all would avoid paying taxes next year because this PoS. Why do I gotta pay if this billionaire doesnt >

The tax returns are finally released after he is done being president. Remember when he was demanding Obama citizenship card?  Jeez fk trump >

His taxes could be spotless and I wouldn't care. What bothers me is his reluctance to publish them in the first place after attacking Obama for years over his despite the fact that Obama and every other President has had their taxes published for decades. What also pisses me off is the whataboutism to the aformentioned statement. His cult has already clapped back by saying "Well when is Crooked Joe and his administration going to publish theirs?" as a way to disregard Trumps' reluctance. Guess what? You can find all of Biden's taxes going back decades and his entire admin's taxes with a simple google search in the public database. I'm so fucking done with these nut jobs. >

It’s just surprising to me that the “fed up” feeling people have doesn’t boil over more often. There was a time a few hundred years ago where politicians knew their constituents wouldn’t let them get away with these shenanigans. >

So is he going to pay all the lawyer fees and court costs now or is that just the rules for us peasants >

For those hoping to see a magic accounting redditor here to explain things, temper your expectations. I work with a few accounting firms as IT and i regularly see them take forever on projects because of the sheer volume of paperwork. >

fucking IRS, i filed 1 month late and just got a letter asking me to pay penalty, plus interest.  but they do nothing to people who scam millions. >

They came after me because I underreported a lousy $400 in capital gains from a tiny stock sale. Mind you, this in late 2021 for my 2019 return. So not only are they 2 years behind; they expect me to immediately rectify it as soon as I receive their letter. Where’s my 2 fucking years?! >


"unprecedented"

Isn't it unprecedented because every other president released theirs willingly and right away? >

Only since Nixon because of the watergate fiasco. >

The damage done to our institutions by Trump will take the remainder of our lifetime to repair.
I remember protesting on Tax Day 2017 about Trump ignoring releasing his taxes, this was one of the few public protests I attended during his Presidency. To me, this was one of the most important issues, we need to be able to hold our leaders to a measure of accountability, Trump changed this in a way that is damaging and erosive, suddenly we are not allowed to ask our leaders for transparency, instead we are only told to shut up and you'll take what you're given. 
That is the road to tyranny and serfdom. Coming from the same candidate who insisted that he was going to uncover the previous president's lack of citizenship, this is just beyond the pale of hypocrisy. >

The institutions were damaged before. Trump just undeniably exposed just how damaged, how collapsed the entire political system of the US was and is.

Someone with his business practices should not run around in freedom. The history of stiffing suppliers, mafiya contacts and general bad behavior should have been enough to investigate him, instead he got a fucking TV show.
Someone like him shouldn't even have been allowed to run in, much less win, the primaries - the entire GOP failed here on all levels. 
Someone like him shouldn't get elected. And yet, a sizable chunk of the population did, either because he had that R next to his name, because they wanted to stick the finger to the establishment for daring to have a Black man rule for eight years, or because he "talked like them" aka being a misogynist piece of shit.
Someone like him shouldn't get installed into office by the Electoral College. Its one role and purpose was to prevent a demagogue from gaining office. The Electoral College and Congress failed here.
Someone like him should have been removed from office. The Democrat House did what they could and impeached him twice, the Republican Senate failed to actually evict him.

There have been fail-safes along the entire career of this shit stain that should have prevented Trump ever gaining power. They all failed, on all levels: the executive failed, the judicial apparatus failed, the legislative apparatus failed, media failed, the population failed. Complete and utter failure. And yet, no serious effort in sight to even begin fixing the many MANY holes that Trump exploited - and so, there is a decent chance Trump or DeSantis (who is just as bad as Trump in his views but infinitely more dangerous because he knows how politics work!) will win in 2024. >

Can't they just have Biden mentally declassify these, ya know, like Trump can with Top Secret NOFORN documents? >

Thanks for reminding me he stole highly classified documents and faced no consequences whatsoever. >

Clearly his “Nobody is tougher on Cheyna than me” is a reference to breaking dishes in temper tantrums in the Oval Office rather than his political stance against a foreign adversary. US taxes $750. China taxes - about a million!  Nice try Donald >

I have a speculation that, there's a small chance it wasn't about concealing taxes from us (common people) ever. That it will look like an average wealthy person with carry over losses and offshore accounts. That the real reason it was concealed, is so that some of his associates or enemies don't see something he's been up to. He may have been lying to someone close to him. >

His neck skin is bunched up into his shirt >

By ‘neck skin’ I take it you mean lizard gizzard? >

I, for one, am happy to see that I paid something like 40x in federal taxes what successful billionaire Donald Trump pays, in the odd years he pays anything at all. >

It’s infuriating. My wife and I scratch $200k, have a very aggressive CPA, and still pay more than this sack of crap. >

total income: $31,736,841, tax: $0, amount owed (to him): $707,123 🤔 >

So he over pays taxes like a good boy?  Where's the fuckign smoking gun. Everyone getting hyped up over nothing. >

If you have paid your taxes diligently, you have the right to get mad.
Corporate socialism is the real enemy of the people. >

I guess the IRS finally finished that audit. >

The best tax returns, the likes never before seen >

Not a billionaire, hell... Not even a thousandaire. >

Not an accountant or CPA.   I opened one file, 2015 that look was for Joint Individual.   Then it got weird as pages were crossed out, so were they or were they not part of the tax return?    
I suspect/ hope David Cay Johnston will be on news to explain. >

Incomprensible to the average Joe, I’m sure. Hopefully not to financial journalists at the New York Times. >

I can’t wait to see what a crowdsourced audit will find. >

Who’s the real MVP that’s looked through and summarized this dumpster fire for us? >

So I guess we never will get the tax returns he was supposed to release when running for president.  These are all from the time he declared and after. >

This just in. Mega rich people pay little in taxes. News at 11. >

ELI5: is there anything -really- juicy in there? >

I didn't look at them but the most incriminating thing I have heard was that he files approx 300 Sch C [individual businesses] that overwhelmingly show losses, some with zero revenue. The [apparently fictional] "losses" offset any income reported >

That's.. hilarious, on many levels. >

Given the fact that Trump organization was just convicted of tax fraud, and that Trump fought years to hide his tax returns, we must conclude that his tax returns are 100% clean.
/s >

Let's see how much all them golden showers cost >

The didn't release his line item, just the front page. >

He can’t use the excuse “these are just losses, that’s why I didn’t pay taxes” because then he’s a failed businessman. If he’s not a “failed businessman” (spoiler - he is) then he’s just a loser trying to get out of paying taxes (again, he is). >

I mean, amazon reported a 3 billion dollar loss, I dont think they are a failed business. >

I think that sort of fake losses ought to be illegal in general. Perhaps this will enlighten ordinary folks that the rich don’t pay taxes but they do. >

yea thats a whole different ballgame. >

I felt a shockwave pass through me when the returns were finally released due to half of humanity collectively rubbing their hands together in glee. >

I was worried it might not happen at all, with this being the last weekday of 2022, and the gradual buildup to this outcome. >

If there was a line to bitch slap this orange bed wetting turd, how long would the line likely be? >

It would circle the globe twice >

“This is a regrettable stain on the Ways and Means Committee and Congress, and will make American politics even more divisive and disheartening. In the long run, Democrats will come to regret it,” Brady said.
Presidents have released returns for what? 50 years? But because Donald sucks so bad at everything this is regrettable?
Go F yourselves. He is the biggest loser in political history. >

I’ll play devils advocate here: Is it codified into law that a president has to release his tax returns? Or have they all been doing it voluntarily? >

I don't think I need any more depressing evidence at this point. >

So far the news is just the same as last week (no new revelations), but looking forward to this file being dug into fully to see what else it says. >

So it seems like the lesson here is to make your tax return as complicated as possible if you want to avoid IRS audits or scrutiny. >

Oh jolly, tax jargon everywhere. I’m gonna need a tl;dr. >

He used every loophole his accountants could find to get out of paying as much as he could. >

Some aren’t even legal. Like dodging gift taxes and taking interest payments from falsifying loans to his children. 
I’m sorry but interest payments are not calculated as $10,000.00 exactly. Loan amounts tend to be. That is fraud. >

I just hope when it all comes down to it that the Republicans  don't do the stupid thing and give him the nomination just because he expects it. The man is toxic and a crook and he's making them all look like fools for ever supporting him.
I realize he fully expects them to give him the nomination but surely at this point it won't happen? At best if he's not in jail by then he will have to run as an independent which will of course go nowhere? I don't have much faith in politicians, period, but the idea of him getting anywhere near the White House and the Oval Office ever again just makes me want to vomit just thinking about it.
I want to believe not but lately the whole party has been leaning so fundamentalist that I'm still afraid that despite everything he's done they might just cave and give him what he wants... >

I think this is a fantastic president.  All the politicians who start their political career at less than a million net worth and jump in to multi millionaires should have this process be automatic.  Getting way rich while not making all that much is suspicious af. >

The only thing this told me was the IRS is useless for rich people and it's us "little guys" who get fucked and audited by them. I wish we had a government that was accountable and we could find out why his audits were never done. >

Some "reporter" on MSNBC just started his report with "His returns don't show the amount of taxes paid that you would expect to be paid by a billionare."
No, Sherlock. $0 paid is exactly how much I expect American billionares have paid.
If you're paying any kind of attention you know they don't pay nearly enough in taxes. >

And it means…. Nothing >

Oh boy I can't wait for reddit taxologists to find all the "smoking guns" that the FBI couldn't. >

Oh boy I can’t wait for MAGAsimps to rationalize what he did and excuse him for grifting america. >

I bet it says he made more than me >

I bet you pay more taxes than him. >

I'm going to download them for the sole reason that he fought for years for nobody to get them. And then I'm going to LAUGH!!! >

What we do know is these are “business losses,” not “depreciation and tax credits” as DJT has claimed. It totally contradicts his self-made image of being a smart businessman. Smart businessmen do not have nearly a $1b loss in a single year. Usually, smart businessmen do not bankrupt casinos. He is a horrible person and businessman. Ask the many small businesses he has refused to pay over the years. They either negotiated a lower payment, took Trump to court, or went bankrupt. >

Most downloaded file of 2022 goes to this. >

And it doesn’t even have boobs in it. Although I didn’t read all 3000 pages. It’s possible Trump doodled in some. >

Best part in all this is just the impotent rage he must be feeling everytime he gets dunked on by congress. >

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, Lord?
But when the taxman come to the door
Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale >

And watch as the republican both praise and defend him, no matter what comes out of this information. >

My question from these releases are whether he a billionaire or is that also a lie. I don’t think he ever was and his and Kushners companies were always supported by Russia and Saudi buying out failed investments to steal info and destabilize our country. >

Dude purchased a 100 million dollar jet, put new engines on it and has maintained it for years.   I'm fairly certain that is a billionaire thing.  And I can only imagine what the maintenance cost is. >

Trump and the GOP should be happy. Trump has claimed for years that he wanted to release them, so now they're released.
Trump and the GOP will claim that it is somehow unfair, when every other President and candidate for President has released their taxes for over a generation.
And since Trump's "Foundation" and his "University" were both shut down for being frauds, and since Trump Inc has been found criminally guilty of tax fraud, there is every reason to believe Trump's personal taxes are full of fraud too. >

MAGA Nation: “LALALALALALAAAA - DON’T CAAAAAAAARE!” >

I mean, I don't care because he literally told us he did this in the 2016 debates.  Dave Chapelle did a funny skit about it recently. >

Looking for a link to the tax returns. Anyone find one?? >

I lack understanding of this and frankly cbf to learn, so put bluntly: is this the end of him or is 2023 going to be another justice-less year followed by another mortifying theoretical-haired US presidency? >

LOL, Trump is a broke-ass bitch.
Billionaire my ass! >

The Trump steaks didn't go over well, huh? >

Man, remember all the people saying that this would never ever happen and we'd never get them?
Because I do. >

Lmao, he "blasts" other people for doing what he had promised to do himself for years
And it's "unprecedented" to do what the last umpteen presidents did >

So the checks and balances supposedly to catch this kind of stuff was basically disabled/crippled/idle the majority of Trump being president. >

The fact that someone could be this fucking crooked and still become POTUS shows our system is fucking broken.
The dude couldn't get enough security clearance to watch a sausage get made, yet he became POTUS. >

What always gets me is that the people who cry out against corruption are the same people who are okay with supporting uber corrupt people who take money from hard working citizens. >

Their main motivation for electing him was, "at least he's not black".
Edit: Typo >

Or a woman. That was his main accomplishment in 2016...he had a penis, however tiny. >

Accountant redditors be like "it's my time" >

i’m currently 380 pages into his 2015 return. it’s interesting how many schedule c sole proprietorships he included when he could have just aggregated a lot of them. 
this return confirmed my biggest assumption: he has a huge net operating loss he’s been carrying forward from a year previous to 2015. $105 million was available for use in 2015, and was utilized against his almost $28 million of income from debts canceled in 2015. 
also interesting that he has a $21 million charitable donation that is a very common audit risk among higher net worth individuals: a conservation easement. the idea is that you have a pretty piece of property or historic building, and you enter into an agreement to preserve its current state. because you are releasing your right to do whatever you want with the property, you get a tax deduction for the value of that right so long as you enter into the agreement with a qualifying organization. the proposed value of the right he released in 2015 was $21 million. irs aggressively audits these easement donations. or at least, they say they do. >

So is he a billionaire or not? >

His net worth has always been tied up in what his name and personal brand are worth. It’s impossible to say what is worth is, really. But even if at one point he was a billionaire, he sure the fuck ain’t one now. No one wants Trump-branded buildings or steaks or universities or whatever anymore. >

But have you heard of NFT trading cards? >

2 weeks ago trading at $990/Nft now down to $131 and still dropping 🥰 >

So he's made a grand total of about $5mm on the project, pretty paltry if you consider the number of dinners etc he'll have to do and people he had to hire for the project. >

You actually believe for a second he intends to honor his dinner/meeting commitments?  You'll be lucky if you get to have dinner with a cardboard cutout of him.  
I'm not convinced he didn't buy most of them himself after they became a joke. >

Yeah a mass diner via Zoom, miss it and that's your problem. >

If anything you'd get a pre-recorded video clip of him wishing you well or something.  More likely nothing. >


(WARNING: it's a 1.1 GB zip file)

That's 369 3.5 inch floppies.
~~Dual layer~~ Double Sided of course. >

2.88MB floppies were not common, should have used 1.44MB as a reference. >

Fine.
That's 369 3.5 inch floppies.
1.44 MB, Double Sided. >

Floppy was 5.25" disks I always found the 3.5's to be more turgid >

Turgid is literary speak for "boner" >

That was part of the joke, the contrast with 'floppy disk'. >

Oh, darn I missed that. I understood it as engorged,  would never work as a joke. >

Irs only cares about people sending 500 dollars on Venmo, not billionaires stealing billions >

They don't have the budget or manpower to go after the big ones. Guess why... >

I'll take GoP budget cuts, for $1,000,000,000, please Alex >

TLDR for what we know now. (Going to update throughout the day I'm sure):
The vote passed on party lines. Personal information was redacted. 
6000 documents including around 2700 from his and Melania's personal taxes and over 3000 from his businesses. >


The vote passed on party lines. 

This why I don’t believe in conspiracy theories and why I tell my Trumpian friends they shouldn’t either…they do the evil shit right in front of your face. Who wouldn’t want more transparency for not only someone who is running for president, but previously stated he would release he returns and never did? >

Why do you still have friends who support this turdburglar?
People support people they admire. Why be friends with people who admire this guy? >

I’ll just copy what I said to someone who asked the same question…

It’s not easy at times, but I think the best way to keep this country together and prevent unrest is to talk. You can’t do that when you shun people. 
I’ve learned lots of techniques and strategies to get them to see illogical conclusions (not trying to change opinions, just false beliefs) is questioning. This is basically what shows like the Daily Show does….you keep asking them questions and they 1) think you care and 2) run into their own fallacy. >

They're really not all that bright...

“This is a regrettable stain on the Ways and Means Committee and Congress, and will make American politics even more divisive and disheartening. In the long run, Democrats will come to regret it,” Brady said.

Why would they? Democrats and even R presidents have released their taxes willingly. >

When ever a republican says the Democrats will regret this they mean they (Republicans) will regret it. >

I am going to enjoy the analysis of this so much. And I didn't think I'd ever say that about a tax return. >

Analysis: He's broke. >

Extended analysis: he's broke and he habitually lied on his returns. I know... duh, but still. Will this pos ever see justice? >

The believed a con man who's the owner of a criminal organization about how rich he was. 
Anyone who thinks this will make a bit of difference to the cult is out of their mind. >

His cult will claim he is even more of a business genius because he managed not to pay any taxes. >

Literally what my ex would say. “If he gets away with it then it is smart.” What are morals >

Had some trumpist bring this up after griping about people working the welfare system, and I just threw his own words back at him. I don't see a difference, if they think he's so smart to avoid paying taxes, then those abusing the welfare system are doing the same thing. Using the rules to abuse a system is a damn shame and I wouldn't be proud of anyone doing it. >

Well you see, those in the welfare system are undeserving regardless of whether they cheat, while rich people like trump are only getting what they deserve! - some conservative probably >

I've learnt to lower my expectations when stuff like this is announced >

You still have expectations? >

Yeah, no one realistically cares enough at this point in time.
Trump isn't President any longer. No he's not going to jail anytime soon, no President will ever be convicted of a crime outside of something obvious and unspeakable like murder.
GOP has ditched trump for DeSantis, so they don't really have any reason to defend him (i.e. make noise) so there's nothing going on there.
Democrats are would shoot themselves in the foot by making it all about Trump which no one wants to hear about outside of progressives. 
It's over. >


GOP has ditched trump for DeSantis, so they don't really have any reason to defend him

I agree with this, but also 100% believe that Trump will run as an independent and split the party to punish them for not giving him the nomination, if that's what happens.  He's threatened it before and the party still very much seems to be held hostage by the possibility that he'll actually do it. >

I hate to say it but I hope he runs... it's a risk but I'd like to see him split the vote. >

You would think even Trump supporters would be mad that they pay more taxes than a supposed "billionaire."
But apparently they like being screwed over. >

I don’t know why this isn’t a great day for Trump. He said over and over again that he “would love nothing more than to release my taxes”, but he couldn’t because they were under audit. He’s finally getting what he wanted. What he loves. >

"Under audit," y'know, the audit that began two years into his presidency, on the same day Congress asked the IRS what the fuck was up with his taxes. >

The IRS also explained in no uncertain terms that even if they were under audit he could share them. But somehow the audit stood in the way of his love to share them. It’s sad. He should be celebrating now that they’re public and he’s no longer hindered by an audit. His anger is wildly confusing, borderline deranged given the circumstances. >

Funny that I can sell $600 worth of my RPG books from my personal collection with PayPal and the IRS wants to know about it. But this fool can pay $0 in taxes and get $5 million back. It is always the little people under the the microscope >

I’m furious. Sold some stuff on eBay, the IRS wants to know all about the lousy $1200. Trump defrauds them, in the dozens of millions, gets by without so much as a letter. >

“I was the most transparent, and am, transparent President in history”
-Donald J Trump >

Because we can see right through him. >

This feels relevant. >

Trump loves to complain about how the "deep state" and the mainstream media are out to get him and treat him so unfairly.
How is this for unfair?:


Only president in modern history to not have to show the American people his tax returns while in office.


Only 1 person in the IRS was in charge of performing his tax audit- an impossible task for 1 accountant to perform.


Has never once had to testify before a congressional committee or investigators the entire time he was in office or the 2 years since he left.


Made more money while working for the government than he did in the 2 years before he got elected, according to his tax returns.


The guy is a complete and total scam artist. Anyone who believes a signle thing he says is a complete idiot. >

Let’s not forget his 44million NFT project that has stolen, watermarked images. >

People who don't understand tax returns will get louder about how smart he is for being broke and committing fraud. >

Yeah we're well past the point where his tax returns would change anybody's mind on him. Everybody already knows he's a crook, the difference is that some people just don't care or even cheer it on because if they were in his position they wouldn't follow the rules either. >

Hol up... 
A jury in a tax fraud case sent Al Capone up the river with just such evidence.
It matters. >

He literally tried to overthrow the government and still almost got re-elected. Millions of people still voted for him. If that isn't enough to change people's mind, then nothing will. >

Jan 6 happened after the election >

Shit, you're right. My mistake, sorry about that. At any rate, replace it with any of the other scandals then.  He was impeached twice, and despite the blatant abuse of power people didn't care one bit. There would be hell to pay if it came from a Democrat and a Republican would be far more likely to lose some support if it weren't Trump.
I'll add that even after January 6h plenty of people are willfully ignorant and support his lies just because it's Trump, their god-king. >

I think you are both right. I have heard of no one going to Trump's side as more and more shit like this comes out. One day he will die and a lot of the idiots still supporting him will call it a lie and claim to have seen him eating at the local IHOP and that his "death" is just a conspiracy from the Left to silence their opposition. While there are those people and there always will be, he has repeatedly shown his true colors and surprisingly so have a lot of his followers. >


Trump called the planned release “an outrageous abuse of power,” and falsely claimed that Democrats had “illegally obtained and leaked my personal tax returns, which show only that I’ve had tremendous success.” 

From years now of listening to Trump, I think I can accurately translate this.
"The returns will show that my finances were in disarray up to 2016, I am not the billionaire I have branded myself as, and I am leveraged out the ass to maintain my image and lifestyle. My more recent loans, on extremely favorable terms, are from questionable foreign sources and the only thing that saved me from ruin was that somehow my foreign ventures managed to perform exceptionally well during my Presidency". >

Bold of you to assume he knows the word "disarray." >

It’s French for “desire” >


In a video statement last Friday, Trump called the planned release “an outrageous abuse of power,” and falsely claimed that Democrats had “illegally obtained and leaked my personal tax returns, which show only that I’ve had tremendous success.” 
Some of the returns were also from Trump's businesses. A 39-page report from the Joint Committee on Taxation released last week included summaries from Trump’s personal tax forms and business entities, which showed he's been paying relatively little in taxes.
For example, in 2020, Trump appeared to owe nothing in taxes, the report showed. That was thanks to Trump claiming $15 million in business losses, which resulted in him having negative $4 million in adjusted gross income. Trump then claimed a $5 million refund.
Trump reported millions in negative income in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020, and he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.
In 2019, Trump and his wife, Melania, reported significant losses of more than $16.4 million but reported a total income of $4.4 million.

Tremendous success? At what? Lying on taxes to avoid paying what all the idiot Trump supporters have to pay?
Seriously, this shows that he is either extremely dishonest or extremely unsuccessful at making money. So which is it? Either way I'm not seeing much "winning" here since this is now public knowledge. >

All during a Yuge economy! >

So are we going to find out anything we don't already know? >

Exactly how not "very rich" he is. >

Would that even be in a tax return though? Like you don't include your networth on a tax return, and if you don't withdraw investments they don't get reported as gains on a tax return.
All we can really learn is how much he earned (or rather how much of it he actually reported) those particular years, no? >

You can extrapolate many things from the return on a investment. E.g. Assuming interest rate on an account of X percent, if you see an income of Y you can estimate the capital.
Another e.g. A return on a government lower yield long term bond. >

Right but rich people don't just stick their money in a savings or checkings that generates interest. You do have to report that interest, but on investments you only report if you sold. >

Rich people will spread their risk over multiple investment types with different timescales. Cash for immediate needs, one year savings and bonds, and others with up to decades for a return. >

So he didn't donate his Presidential salary to charity like he promised? >

Correct, although we only know for sure of that in 2020.  Or at least he didn't claim a deduction for any charitable giving that year.  I guess he can claim he donated it but didn't deduct it? >

He’s like that one turd that won’t flush. >

That's why you need a poop knife. >

A poop knife?? >

You must be new here. >

Do ... do we tell them about two broken arms while chewing on Jolly Rangers and Doritos as we muck through the Dagobah Swamps? >

Wow you've seen some shit, and your leet, God damn >


People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

Despite what his tax returns may show, he is in effect too big to fail. He’ll be bailed out by the GOP, MAGA crowd, Alt-Right, Corporate Interests, too many people need him to be the face of their agenda. >

Bad actors taking a bad bet could be a good thing. Less money to do damage elsewhere 
Please America, vote the correct way... >

Somehow his scummy actions go unchecked by the IRS, but when I sold more than $600 worth of baseball cards on eBay...audit time!!! >

Take a wild guess who didn’t donate one penny of his presidential salary to charity. >

I’m guessing you don’t work that hard to keep them sealed unless it’s tax fraud >

Or you don’t make as much money as you want people to believe.  Or both. >

Or he’s exploiting a loophole he doesn’t want to draw attention to. >


he’s exploiting a loophole 

I believe it was in the last debate with HRC that he claimed exploiting loopholes made him "smart." That probably cemented more votes than anything with those "I'm a millionaire in waiting" types. >

It's not even a matter of clever accounting. He has a history of just flatout lying on his taxes. I read an article about how in the 80s, he tried to write off $600k in losses from a consulting company he set up. The problem was the company in question had no income whatsoever or any indication they even operated as a business because they couldn't provide a single receipt representing the money they supposedly spent or the services they were supposedly providing. It eventually went to court where it wasn't allowed, but up to that point, the IRS just ignored it. >

America is a messed up place, when the IRS is afraid of rich people. In my country EVERYONE gets checked / audited every single year. 
Nobody is supposed to be above the law. But America land of the rich they are.  Why do you accept this?. >

You already said it. 
America is the land of the rich. 
The rich make the rules to help themselves. Which means although we vote, that doesn’t make changes. >

Would you look at that. The grifter never donated his presidential salary, ever. Another conservative talking point disproven. >

TFG is having a meltdown on his Twitter light (Truth Social). It’s beautiful. >

Wish we all would avoid paying taxes next year because this PoS. Why do I gotta pay if this billionaire doesnt >

The tax returns are finally released after he is done being president. Remember when he was demanding Obama citizenship card?  Jeez fk trump >

His taxes could be spotless and I wouldn't care. What bothers me is his reluctance to publish them in the first place after attacking Obama for years over his despite the fact that Obama and every other President has had their taxes published for decades. What also pisses me off is the whataboutism to the aformentioned statement. His cult has already clapped back by saying "Well when is Crooked Joe and his administration going to publish theirs?" as a way to disregard Trumps' reluctance. Guess what? You can find all of Biden's taxes going back decades and his entire admin's taxes with a simple google search in the public database. I'm so fucking done with these nut jobs. >

It’s just surprising to me that the “fed up” feeling people have doesn’t boil over more often. There was a time a few hundred years ago where politicians knew their constituents wouldn’t let them get away with these shenanigans. >

So is he going to pay all the lawyer fees and court costs now or is that just the rules for us peasants >

For those hoping to see a magic accounting redditor here to explain things, temper your expectations. I work with a few accounting firms as IT and i regularly see them take forever on projects because of the sheer volume of paperwork. >

fucking IRS, i filed 1 month late and just got a letter asking me to pay penalty, plus interest.  but they do nothing to people who scam millions. >

They came after me because I underreported a lousy $400 in capital gains from a tiny stock sale. Mind you, this in late 2021 for my 2019 return. So not only are they 2 years behind; they expect me to immediately rectify it as soon as I receive their letter. Where’s my 2 fucking years?! >


"unprecedented"

Isn't it unprecedented because every other president released theirs willingly and right away? >

Only since Nixon because of the watergate fiasco. >

The damage done to our institutions by Trump will take the remainder of our lifetime to repair.
I remember protesting on Tax Day 2017 about Trump ignoring releasing his taxes, this was one of the few public protests I attended during his Presidency. To me, this was one of the most important issues, we need to be able to hold our leaders to a measure of accountability, Trump changed this in a way that is damaging and erosive, suddenly we are not allowed to ask our leaders for transparency, instead we are only told to shut up and you'll take what you're given. 
That is the road to tyranny and serfdom. Coming from the same candidate who insisted that he was going to uncover the previous president's lack of citizenship, this is just beyond the pale of hypocrisy. >

The institutions were damaged before. Trump just undeniably exposed just how damaged, how collapsed the entire political system of the US was and is.

Someone with his business practices should not run around in freedom. The history of stiffing suppliers, mafiya contacts and general bad behavior should have been enough to investigate him, instead he got a fucking TV show.
Someone like him shouldn't even have been allowed to run in, much less win, the primaries - the entire GOP failed here on all levels. 
Someone like him shouldn't get elected. And yet, a sizable chunk of the population did, either because he had that R next to his name, because they wanted to stick the finger to the establishment for daring to have a Black man rule for eight years, or because he "talked like them" aka being a misogynist piece of shit.
Someone like him shouldn't get installed into office by the Electoral College. Its one role and purpose was to prevent a demagogue from gaining office. The Electoral College and Congress failed here.
Someone like him should have been removed from office. The Democrat House did what they could and impeached him twice, the Republican Senate failed to actually evict him.

There have been fail-safes along the entire career of this shit stain that should have prevented Trump ever gaining power. They all failed, on all levels: the executive failed, the judicial apparatus failed, the legislative apparatus failed, media failed, the population failed. Complete and utter failure. And yet, no serious effort in sight to even begin fixing the many MANY holes that Trump exploited - and so, there is a decent chance Trump or DeSantis (who is just as bad as Trump in his views but infinitely more dangerous because he knows how politics work!) will win in 2024. >

Can't they just have Biden mentally declassify these, ya know, like Trump can with Top Secret NOFORN documents? >

Thanks for reminding me he stole highly classified documents and faced no consequences whatsoever. >

Clearly his “Nobody is tougher on Cheyna than me” is a reference to breaking dishes in temper tantrums in the Oval Office rather than his political stance against a foreign adversary. US taxes $750. China taxes - about a million!  Nice try Donald >

I have a speculation that, there's a small chance it wasn't about concealing taxes from us (common people) ever. That it will look like an average wealthy person with carry over losses and offshore accounts. That the real reason it was concealed, is so that some of his associates or enemies don't see something he's been up to. He may have been lying to someone close to him. >

His neck skin is bunched up into his shirt >

By ‘neck skin’ I take it you mean lizard gizzard? >

I, for one, am happy to see that I paid something like 40x in federal taxes what successful billionaire Donald Trump pays, in the odd years he pays anything at all. >

It’s infuriating. My wife and I scratch $200k, have a very aggressive CPA, and still pay more than this sack of crap. >

total income: $31,736,841, tax: $0, amount owed (to him): $707,123 🤔 >

So he over pays taxes like a good boy?  Where's the fuckign smoking gun. Everyone getting hyped up over nothing. >

If you have paid your taxes diligently, you have the right to get mad.
Corporate socialism is the real enemy of the people. >

I guess the IRS finally finished that audit. >

The best tax returns, the likes never before seen >

Not a billionaire, hell... Not even a thousandaire. >

Not an accountant or CPA.   I opened one file, 2015 that look was for Joint Individual.   Then it got weird as pages were crossed out, so were they or were they not part of the tax return?    
I suspect/ hope David Cay Johnston will be on news to explain. >

Incomprensible to the average Joe, I’m sure. Hopefully not to financial journalists at the New York Times. >

I can’t wait to see what a crowdsourced audit will find. >

Who’s the real MVP that’s looked through and summarized this dumpster fire for us? >

So I guess we never will get the tax returns he was supposed to release when running for president.  These are all from the time he declared and after. >

This just in. Mega rich people pay little in taxes. News at 11. >

ELI5: is there anything -really- juicy in there? >

I didn't look at them but the most incriminating thing I have heard was that he files approx 300 Sch C [individual businesses] that overwhelmingly show losses, some with zero revenue. The [apparently fictional] "losses" offset any income reported >

That's.. hilarious, on many levels. >

Given the fact that Trump organization was just convicted of tax fraud, and that Trump fought years to hide his tax returns, we must conclude that his tax returns are 100% clean.
/s >

Let's see how much all them golden showers cost >

The didn't release his line item, just the front page. >

He can’t use the excuse “these are just losses, that’s why I didn’t pay taxes” because then he’s a failed businessman. If he’s not a “failed businessman” (spoiler - he is) then he’s just a loser trying to get out of paying taxes (again, he is). >

I mean, amazon reported a 3 billion dollar loss, I dont think they are a failed business. >

I think that sort of fake losses ought to be illegal in general. Perhaps this will enlighten ordinary folks that the rich don’t pay taxes but they do. >

yea thats a whole different ballgame. >

I felt a shockwave pass through me when the returns were finally released due to half of humanity collectively rubbing their hands together in glee. >

I was worried it might not happen at all, with this being the last weekday of 2022, and the gradual buildup to this outcome. >

If there was a line to bitch slap this orange bed wetting turd, how long would the line likely be? >

It would circle the globe twice >

“This is a regrettable stain on the Ways and Means Committee and Congress, and will make American politics even more divisive and disheartening. In the long run, Democrats will come to regret it,” Brady said.
Presidents have released returns for what? 50 years? But because Donald sucks so bad at everything this is regrettable?
Go F yourselves. He is the biggest loser in political history. >

I’ll play devils advocate here: Is it codified into law that a president has to release his tax returns? Or have they all been doing it voluntarily? >

I don't think I need any more depressing evidence at this point. >

So far the news is just the same as last week (no new revelations), but looking forward to this file being dug into fully to see what else it says. >

So it seems like the lesson here is to make your tax return as complicated as possible if you want to avoid IRS audits or scrutiny. >

Oh jolly, tax jargon everywhere. I’m gonna need a tl;dr. >

He used every loophole his accountants could find to get out of paying as much as he could. >

Some aren’t even legal. Like dodging gift taxes and taking interest payments from falsifying loans to his children. 
I’m sorry but interest payments are not calculated as $10,000.00 exactly. Loan amounts tend to be. That is fraud. >

I just hope when it all comes down to it that the Republicans  don't do the stupid thing and give him the nomination just because he expects it. The man is toxic and a crook and he's making them all look like fools for ever supporting him.
I realize he fully expects them to give him the nomination but surely at this point it won't happen? At best if he's not in jail by then he will have to run as an independent which will of course go nowhere? I don't have much faith in politicians, period, but the idea of him getting anywhere near the White House and the Oval Office ever again just makes me want to vomit just thinking about it.
I want to believe not but lately the whole party has been leaning so fundamentalist that I'm still afraid that despite everything he's done they might just cave and give him what he wants... >

I think this is a fantastic president.  All the politicians who start their political career at less than a million net worth and jump in to multi millionaires should have this process be automatic.  Getting way rich while not making all that much is suspicious af. >

The only thing this told me was the IRS is useless for rich people and it's us "little guys" who get fucked and audited by them. I wish we had a government that was accountable and we could find out why his audits were never done. >

Some "reporter" on MSNBC just started his report with "His returns don't show the amount of taxes paid that you would expect to be paid by a billionare."
No, Sherlock. $0 paid is exactly how much I expect American billionares have paid.
If you're paying any kind of attention you know they don't pay nearly enough in taxes. >

And it means…. Nothing >

Oh boy I can't wait for reddit taxologists to find all the "smoking guns" that the FBI couldn't. >

Oh boy I can’t wait for MAGAsimps to rationalize what he did and excuse him for grifting america. >

I bet it says he made more than me >

I bet you pay more taxes than him. >

I'm going to download them for the sole reason that he fought for years for nobody to get them. And then I'm going to LAUGH!!! >

What we do know is these are “business losses,” not “depreciation and tax credits” as DJT has claimed. It totally contradicts his self-made image of being a smart businessman. Smart businessmen do not have nearly a $1b loss in a single year. Usually, smart businessmen do not bankrupt casinos. He is a horrible person and businessman. Ask the many small businesses he has refused to pay over the years. They either negotiated a lower payment, took Trump to court, or went bankrupt. >

Most downloaded file of 2022 goes to this. >

And it doesn’t even have boobs in it. Although I didn’t read all 3000 pages. It’s possible Trump doodled in some. >

Best part in all this is just the impotent rage he must be feeling everytime he gets dunked on by congress. >

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, Lord?
But when the taxman come to the door
Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale >

And watch as the republican both praise and defend him, no matter what comes out of this information. >

My question from these releases are whether he a billionaire or is that also a lie. I don’t think he ever was and his and Kushners companies were always supported by Russia and Saudi buying out failed investments to steal info and destabilize our country. >

Dude purchased a 100 million dollar jet, put new engines on it and has maintained it for years.   I'm fairly certain that is a billionaire thing.  And I can only imagine what the maintenance cost is. >

Trump and the GOP should be happy. Trump has claimed for years that he wanted to release them, so now they're released.
Trump and the GOP will claim that it is somehow unfair, when every other President and candidate for President has released their taxes for over a generation.
And since Trump's "Foundation" and his "University" were both shut down for being frauds, and since Trump Inc has been found criminally guilty of tax fraud, there is every reason to believe Trump's personal taxes are full of fraud too. >

MAGA Nation: “LALALALALALAAAA - DON’T CAAAAAAAARE!” >

I mean, I don't care because he literally told us he did this in the 2016 debates.  Dave Chapelle did a funny skit about it recently. >

Looking for a link to the tax returns. Anyone find one?? >

I lack understanding of this and frankly cbf to learn, so put bluntly: is this the end of him or is 2023 going to be another justice-less year followed by another mortifying theoretical-haired US presidency?