On the accountants that prepared his returns. Frankly I don’t care he he make zero charitable contributions or never paid any taxes. I would like to know who holds his paper on the various real estate properties and other ventures. If he owes the Russian Oligarchs then that would be an area of concern.
That’s the sound of President Trump’s great friend Rudy Giuliani blowing up Trump’s excuse for not making his tax returns public. Thanks, Rudy, for saying what all people with any intelligence already knew.
minions to find a way to spin this. Doesn't need to make sense as their followers have pretty low standards.
Is there anything embarrassing in Trump's Tax returns? Almost certainly, which of course is the real reason that he won't release them. He did the math and determined that he would lose less votes by simply refusing to release his returns than he would by releasing them. It really doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
Now is there anything illegal to be found in those returns? Highly unlikely because the people in charge of making that determination, the IRS, already have the returns and have had them for years.
Of course the left want his returns, just on the "Chance" they can find something to make political hay about, Personally I don't care about his returns. It's like Biden calling his many scandals "debunked" Debunked by who? Of course he doesn't want to be investigated any more than Trump does, at least I can admit that Trump most likely would be embarrassed by things found in his tax returns, most likely he's cheap and only gave 50 bucks to chairty. lol. I wish you lefties could be as honest about why Biden claims there is "nothing to see" where it comes to himself and his sons, most notably the $1.5 BILLION deal the very underqualified Hunter Biden inked during a trip where he hitched a ride with his dad who just "happened to be" VPOTUS at the time. I am sure you'd like to know the truth about that just like you'd like to see Trumps returns, right?
Is there anything embarrassing in Trump's Tax returns? Almost certainly, which of course is the real reason that he won't release them. He did the math and determined that he would lose less votes by simply refusing to release his returns than he would by releasing them. It really doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
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The IRS, for the most part, compares previous years' filings with current filings, etc.. It might question a weird number here or there but asks the filer to explain a seeming discrepancy. It does not investigate underlying details that it can't even access unless it rises to a particular level for further investigation. The IRS could NOT do what investigative reporters have been doing for many years. Private investigators found old business records that had been buried away for decades. Reporters compared local tax filings with other public records and found discrepancies (e.g., the failure to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars of rooftop radio / cell tower rental income on ~10 years of taxes on just ONE Trump building).
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Michael Cohen testified under oath before Congress that Trump alters property values to his advantage, using one value on loan apps and another value on tax documents. (We have discussed that here before: it might not be illegal in some circumstances, but in some cases it is illegal.)
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We know with absolute certainty that Stormy Daniels received hush money payments from Trump / Trump Org. The IRS sees an expense and does not immediately ask, "Hush money?" It was entered into the Trump Org books as legal fees paid to Cohen. It took NON-IRS investigations to get to the bottom of that illegal transaction ... although the UNNAMED co-conspirator has yet to be indicted and prosecuted.
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The NY Atty has access to NYS tax filings which probably closely reflect Fed IRS filings but what the NY Atty has now obtained is access to the underlying documents that Mazars used to prepare the filings. It is anticipated that much will be learned from those underlying documents. Hidden assets? Assets from questionable sources? Money laundering by shuffling payments through a commodious vicus of recirculation through the hundreds of Trump Org. LLCs? Etc..
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So Rudy may have implied that Trump's taxes are no longer under audit. I have simpler series of Qs for them (Trump; McEnany; whoever). They have repeatedly said that Trump will release tax docs when no longer under audit.
"Mr. Pres, will you please authorize the IRS to tell us which of your taxes (years) are still under audit and which audits have been completed?" That sounds pretty easy. Trump has already admitted that he is audited every year, so there is no "embarrassment' or "It could hurt my business if people knew I was under audit" argument.
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More directly:
Are the 2019 taxes under audit? Assume, "yes."
Are the 2018 taxes under audit? Assume, "yes."
Are the 2017 ...
Are 2011 taxes under audit? "No, they aren't."
AHA! Please now release your 2011 taxes.
Or maybe we'll have to go back to 2004 ... or 1995.
1995 was the year of the $916 M loss.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html
"Donald J. Trump explicitly acknowledged for the first time during Sunday’s debate that he used a $916 million loss that he reported on his 1995 income tax returns to avoid paying personal federal income taxes for years. ... that the tax deduction could have been large enough to allow him to avoid federal income taxes for up to 18 years."
RELEASE THE 1995 - 2005 (or 2009 or 1999) taxes!
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LET'S SEE HOW "BRILLIANT" (and truthful) Trump has been about his business acumen and his actual wealth and income!
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(When Trump was claiming to be a multibillionaire, O'Brien wrote "TrumpNation" which said that Trump was only worth between $150 - $250 M. Trump sued O'Brien and lost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrumpNation )
Don’t take that shit from Imposter! Come on.
narrowly into your own narrative and one that paints as positive a picture of Trump as you can. The facts are, you don't know! None of us know for sure. BUT Trump's bizarre behavior, Trump's penchant for lying, and Trump's affinity for Putin all lend themselves to something much more diabolical than you are willing to believe or at least, admit.
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I know you think the secret to finally getting rid of Trump - before he permanently relegates you to irrelevancy - can be found in his tax return. But if it makes you feel any better, if there was anything damaging in there it would have leaked long ago.
That’s dangerous for someone who has trouble forming a coherent thought to attempt—could blow a few circuits.
There’s no secret to getting rid of Trump. He’s laying all the groundwork for that happy day with every one of his fuck-ups on the pandemic, with every attack on our veterans (and on people of color and on the LGBTQ community and on immigrants and etc etc etc), with every act that shows his contempt for rule of law, with every act that damages the environment and accelerates the impact of global climate change, ... and lots more. Biden should send Trump a huuuuge thank-you card.
On the accountants that prepared his returns. Frankly I don’t care he he make zero charitable contributions or never paid any taxes. I would like to know who holds his paper on the various real estate properties and other ventures. If he owes the Russian Oligarchs then that would be an area of concern.