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pnwmom

(109,001 posts)
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 10:16 PM Jan 2017

Every President since 1977 has publicly released his full tax returns.

Unfortunately, the law doesn't require them to.

http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/web/presidentialtaxreturns

Individual income tax returns — including those of public figures — are private information, protected by law from unauthorized disclosure. Indeed, the Internal Revenue Service is barred from releasing any taxpayer information whatsoever, except to authorized agencies and individuals.

Like all other citizens, U.S. presidents enjoy this protection of their privacy. Since the early 1970s, however, most presidents have chosen to release their returns publicly. In the hope of making this information more widely available, the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts has compiled an archive of presidential tax returns.

In addition, we have made available returns from recent candidates for president, including those running in party primaries. The Tax History Project is currently compiling a more complete archive of candidate returns, and we welcome suggestions on who to include and where to find additional returns.

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Every President since 1977 has publicly released his full tax returns. (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2017 OP
The prerequisite for all previous tax return releases... Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #1
if you've got something to hide, you don't release them. spanone Jan 2017 #2
The only reason not to, actually. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #3

Jacob Boehme

(789 posts)
1. The prerequisite for all previous tax return releases...
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 10:23 PM
Jan 2017

... was at least a modicum of honesty and integrity... just .001% would be enough.

As we know now, President Pustule has 0.00% of either.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,125 posts)
3. The only reason not to, actually.
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 10:26 PM
Jan 2017

But all academic, his fans would be fine if he started putting Americans in detention camps, a little thing like tax returns, pfft.

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