Biden’s tax returns from 2019 to 1998 are available in different places online. That amounts to 22 years worth of the financial documents.
In a Halloween-day pitch to voters in Flint, Mich., former Vice President Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump over the New York Times’ reporting on his long-concealed tax returns, which revealed that Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in both 2017 and 2016.
"Why should you pay more in taxes than Donald Trump?" Biden said at the event with former President Barack Obama. "He paid $750 in taxes the one year we know of. He’s yet to release. I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. He hasn’t released one."
"He talks about corruption," Biden continued. "What is he hiding?"
The Democratic presidential nominee’s 22-years claim is accurate. He has made it before, including ahead of the first presidential debate, when he made public his 2019 tax returns.
The American people deserve transparency from their leaders, it's why as of today, I've released 22 years of my tax returns. https://t.co/6fwL20fWeI — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 29, 2020
The Biden campaign website lists Biden’s federal and state tax returns for 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. It also lists Biden’s financial disclosure documents for 2020 and 2019 and the 2019 tax returns for his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, and her husband.
The returns show Biden and his wife, Jill, paid nearly $288,000 in federal income taxes in 2019.
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Biden’s tax returns for the previous eight years, covering the rest of his two terms as Obama’s vice president, can be found in archived press releases from the Obama White House. Those included tax returns released for 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.
Asked for the remaining 10 years’ worth of filings, the Biden campaign pointed to an archived Q&A from Obama’s 2008 campaign website, which linked to many years of Biden’s tax returns from his decades-long stint as a U.S. senator representing Delaware. The page included tax returns from 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, and 1998.
The 22 years of Biden tax returns are also available as part of an archive maintained by Tax Notes.
Trump has not released his tax returns, breaking a promise he made during his 2016 campaign. According to the New York Times, the former real estate mogul and reality TV star has vowed for nearly a decade to release his tax returns under different conditions, but he hasn’t delivered.
Trump is the only president or major-party presidential nominee in decades to keep his returns hidden from the public. Efforts by Congress and others to get hold of them have so far been unsuccessful.
Trump has cited a pending Internal Revenue Service audit as reason for not publishing his tax returns. The IRS, however, has said nothing precludes a president from releasing tax returns while under audit — as President Richard Nixon did. Trump has also claimed, falsely, that his financial disclosures offer a more extensive picture of his finances.
In recent years, the New York Times has obtained tax records and pieced together a more complete picture of Trump’s tax history. In September, the Times reported that Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in both 2017 and 2016, and none at all in several years before that.
Trump has provided no evidence to suggest that he’s paid more in taxes than the Times found. Tax experts said the complex tax history depicted by the Times report shows unusually aggressive tax avoidance and exceptionally persistent losses.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Biden said, "I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one."
Biden’s federal tax returns from 2019 dating back to 1998 are available online, as he claimed. The most recent returns are highlighted on his campaign website. Others can be found on the websites for the Obama White House and the 2008 Obama presidential campaign.
Trump has not publicly released his tax returns, making him the only president or major-party presidential nominee in decades who has not done so.
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sherbodude on November 1st, 2020 at 15:25 UTC »
Biden releases 10 years of tax returns in 2008 https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/politics/13biden.html
Biden 2008 tax returns https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/vice-president-and-dr-jill-biden-release-2008-income-tax-returns
Biden 2009 returns https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/04/15/president-obama-and-vice-president-biden-s-tax-returns
Biden 2010 returns https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/04/18/president-obama-and-vice-president-biden-s-tax-returns-and-tax-receipts
Biden 2011 returns https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/vp_biden_complete_return_2011.pdf
Biden 2012 returns https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012-biden-complete-return.pdf
Biden 2013 returns https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/04/11/president-obama-and-vice-president-biden-s-2013-tax-returns
Biden 2014 returns https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/04/10/president-obama-and-vice-president-biden-s-2014-tax-returns
Biden 2015 returns https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/Blog/Bidens%202015%20Taxes.pdf
Biden 2016-2019 returns https://joebiden.com/financial-disclosure/
Trump tax returns:
NexGenjutsu on November 1st, 2020 at 15:05 UTC »
So you admit Biden hasnt released 40 years of tax returns? What is he hiding? Trump is right not to release his returns until we get to the bottom of this.
Sincerely, -the smartest republican
Red_Dog1880 on November 1st, 2020 at 14:36 UTC »
The new conspiracy seems to be 'but how could he get so much money in such a short time span, that must mean he's being paid by others'.
Despite it all being literally explained in his tax returns.
Edit: Yeah yeah, I k know everyone gets paid by others. Don't be deliberately obtuse :)