what do you think is the main reason why Trump won't turn over his tax returns? (dollars, politicians)

[TristramShandy]

Has he not paid his taxes or is he not nearly as rich as he wants people to believe, and he's embarrassed about that?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...=.f595659123c5

[newtovenice]

Implicating other politicians.

It'd be suicide.

[bmccormick71]

Originally Posted by TristramShandy

Has he not paid his taxes or is he not nearly as rich as he wants people to believe, and he's embarrassed about that?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...=.f595659123c5

Why not both?

[Lets_go_hawks]

He holds a lot of debt. The average person doesn't know anything about real estate or big business, so when they hear Trump has 2 billion dollars (or whatever the number is) of debt they think he's a failure.

[ottomobeale]

1) He is not as rich as he claims
2) It shows typical tax dodges the rich get to use
3) Some of his past failures may come to light.

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by TristramShandy

Has he not paid his taxes or is he not nearly as rich as he wants people to believe, and he's embarrassed about that?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...=.f595659123c5

Because it's nobody's business except his and the IRS and I think he enjoys toying with the Leftists TDS sufferers.

[cyrano]

It's how little he paid in taxes, using such techniques as net operating loss, something the average citizen doesn't understand and could never take advantage of, since the average citizen probably hasn't run several businesses into bankruptcy or other failures. Net operating losses can be spread like peanut butter over one's better-earning years.

There's also some dodgy loans from Deutsche Bank and the Russians that he'd just as soon keep hidden.

[MMS02760]

Because there is a lot there he doesn't want Americans to see.

[justus978]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Because it's nobody's business except his and the IRS and I think he enjoys toying with the Leftists TDS sufferers.

...bingo!...

[Northman83]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Because it's nobody's business except his and the IRS and I think he enjoys toying with the Leftists TDS sufferers.

Well he kept promising to show it to the American people... and lied, lied, lied, lied, lied and lied about it.

I would prefer a Man to keep his word...

These audits seem to have been going on for decades..


If he had anywhere close to the $10 billion he has bragged about for 30 years, he would GLADLY show it of.. This is the guy that has flaunted his golden toilet dozens of times in magazines and tv shows. He LOVES to "show" off how rich he is... except, when it truly matters.