How Trump avoided taxes for so many years

A blockbuster report from The New York Times revealed that President Donald Trump didn’t pay personal taxes for eight years between 1985-1994. Here’s how he got away with it.

SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:

Donald Trump's emperor-has-no-clothes moment on his wealth is here
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/politics/donald-trump-taxes-new-york-times/index.html

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

Trump once revealed his income tax returns. They showed he didn’t pay a cent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-income-tax-returns-once-became-public-they-showed-he-didnt-pay-a-cent/2016/05/20/ffa2f63c-1b7c-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html?utm_term=.af7a91e98215

Fox & Friends wants you to think Trump losing $1 billion is impressive
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/8/18537192/fox-friends-trump-new-york-times-loses-one-billion

Juan Williams on Trump's tax story: He 'lies to his supporters'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/juan-williams-on-trumps-tax-story-he-lies-to-his-supporters-its-a-scam

Why the Rich Don’t Get Audited
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sunday-review/tax-rich-irs.html

Trump Defends $1.17 Billion in Losses as Just for ‘Tax Purposes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/us/politics/trump-tax-investigation.html

President Trump won’t release his tax returns. Dems might make him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxlBANzzsro

NY Senate OKs bill allowing Congress to get Trump's state tax return
https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/trump-new-york-tax-returns-1.30815997

How Trump’s businesses may complicate his presidency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRQTYdiOOBo

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