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Donald Trump didn’t pay taxes on income for 10 years.
A bomb, this one, detonated a few hours ago for New York Times, who cited various data obtained through the outgoing president’s tax returns, is currently waging a heated fight against Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
The NYT accusations came at a particular time for Trump, who not only would not pay taxes, but would develop positions and debt problems legati alla Trump Organization.
Did Trump evade taxes? What happened according to the NYT?
According to the bomb dropped by the NYT in 2016 (year of your choice) and in 2017 Donald Trump would have paid income taxes for $ 750 million every year.
In the background 10 years (out of 15)however, never the shadow of a penny paid to the taxpayer.
“You have not paid any taxes for the last ten years, mainly because you reported more you lose money than you earn“,
read the New York Times report, which has cast new shadows on the outgoing president just over a month later Elections USA 2020.
According to the survey, Trump’s companies have suffered multi-million dollar losses in the last 2 decades, which would have allowed the tycoon reduce to zero, or close to zero, the income taxes owed by him.
The NYT cards have also lifted the veil on the real finances of the president, who has always been praised as a symbol of success, who in reality today would have a 420 million dollars of debt.
Not to mention the problems related to the properties of the Trump Organization: here also at the center of the debate some transfer operations carried out to evade the tax authorities.
“Citizens need to know as much of your leaders as possible. Get to know their priorities, their experiences, and yes, their finances too. “
thundered the director of the NYT, Dean Baquet, justifying the decision to publish the investigation at a delicate moment like the current one, on the eve of the presidential elections.
Trump’s reaction: it’s fake news
Obviously, the president’s reaction was immediate. During a press conference at the White House, Trump defined the NYT fake news allegations, saying he has been in the tax collector’s crosshairs for some time:
“This is fake news, totally made up. I have always paid my taxes. The collector has it with me: for some time they treat me very badly”.
These statements, repeated by those of Alan Garten, Trump Organization attorney:
“In recent decades, President Trump has paid tens of millions of dollars in personal taxes to the federal government, including millions of dollars since he announced his candidacy in 2015.”
The NYT investigation, he continued, is almost totally inaccurate.
Doubts remain
At the moment, the newspaper said, the bomb exploded only on the basis of information provided by the president to the tax authorities and not by virtue of an investigation carried out independently. “How much are your assets really worth? nobody knows”.
Just think of the recent Forbes reports, according to which the tycoon would have lost 600 million due to the COVID emergency.
The truth is that the NYT’s accusations about Trump’s unpaid taxes will be used by his opponents in the later stages of the presidential race.
