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Biden releases tax return, restoring tradition Trump broke

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18 May, 2021, 12:35 pm
Last modified: 18 May, 2021, 12:40 pm

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Biden releases tax return, restoring tradition Trump broke

In their joint tax return for 2020, Biden and his wife Jill, a community college professor, reported federal adjusted gross income of $607,336

BSS/AFP
18 May, 2021, 12:35 pm
Last modified: 18 May, 2021, 12:40 pm
US President Joe Biden talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, US, March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May
US President Joe Biden talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, US, March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May

 President Joe Biden and his wife Jill earned just over $600,000 last year, their tax return showed Monday, though the real news was that the document got released at all.

Presidents have traditionally made public their annual tax returns, which detail sources of income and taxes paid, in the name of transparency.

Donald Trump famously broke with this, refusing during his one-term presidency to come clean about his finances or the true state of his property and branding empire.

In their joint tax return for 2020, Biden and his wife Jill, a community college professor, reported federal adjusted gross income of $607,336.

They paid $157,414 in federal income tax, an effective rate of 25.9 percent. They also paid $28,794 income tax to their home state, Delaware.

Biden's number two, Vice President Kamala Harris, is several rungs above him on the financial ladder.

The former California senator released a joint tax return with her lawyer husband Doug Emhoff reporting federal adjusted gross income of $1,695,225.

They paid $621,893 in federal income tax, amounting to a rate of 36.7 percent. They also paid $125,004 in California income tax and Emhoff paid $56,997 in Washington, DC.

Emhoff was a high-profile entertainment industry lawyer and took a leave of absence from his firm when Harris was named Biden's running mate.

The tax returns confirm one thing: both the first and second families could be paying more in taxes if Biden gets his massive American Families Plan education and social spending package passed by Congress.

Under current proposals, the plan would be funded in part by raising the tax top rate for the most wealthy Americans. Those earning less than $400,000 a year, Biden says, would see no increase.

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