De Blasio tweets tax returns in jab at Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY BRANDON CARTER - 04/18/17 12:30 PM EDT

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted images of his 2016 tax returns on Tuesday, needling President Trump for not releasing similar documents.

“See, President Trump? It’s not that hard,” de Blasio tweeted, along with a link to a blog post that slammed Trump and other Republicans for proposed tax cuts.

Link to tweet

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“Tax time also confronts us with the cruel absurdity of what President Trump and his Republican enablers in Congress are doing,” de Blasio wrote. “They want to slash sensible government investments in education, health care and other key areas that most Americans rely on.”

De Blasio joins a chorus of Democratic lawmakers who are using Tax Day to again call on Trump to release his tax returns.
The White House said Monday that Trump wouldn’t release his 2016 tax returns due to an ongoing audit, even though the IRS says the audit doesn’t prevent Trump from making his records public.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/329294-de-blasio-tweets-out-his-tax-returns-in-jab-at-trump

[pangaia]

1. Looks like he only paid 17.1% in federal tax.

Is that right? Possible?

[underpants]

2. Yeah, we tend to pay 11-12%

[George II]

3. That's actually high - the tax rates are higher but his entire income probably wasn't taxable...

This year was the first year we were both retired - on our entire income we paid 4% Federal and 0% State taxes. But the tax rate itself was much higher than 4%.