[The Outsider]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/case-against-...32051.html


I'm not sure about the rest of you guys, but I believe in paying my fair share of taxes.

Trump’s tax records found that by using hundreds of millions in losses from his businesses as well as by deducting expenses and taking advantage of tax credits, he was able to pay only $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017 and none at all in 10 of the previous 15 years. His aggressive strategies led to an IRS audit, which is believed to be continuing, of the legitimacy of a $72.9 million refund he claimed.

The indictment announced Thursday accuses the Trump Organization of a new series of off-the-books maneuvers that in some respects resemble an updated version of Fred Trump’s model. In Weisselberg’s case, rather than simply receiving a higher salary, his base pay was set at $540,000 and then augmented with a series of benefits designed to avoid income and payroll taxes, according to the indictment.