Why has Donald Trump fought so hard to keep his tax returns secret? (lawyer, crimes)
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Even if someone is hiding shady activity, they don't report it on their tax return.
Thats actually not true. Theres more debate about some things like expenses as its harder for you to prove that the 80K you paid to Joe was used as a business expense of removing your rival. But some folks actually do report their illegal income.
"Iff you haff nothink to hide, then why do you keep it secret?"
TRANSLATION: We have no legal means to compel you to open up for tax forms, and no particular reason to think you've committed a crime. So we want to go on a fishing expedition, looking at every bit of your life in hopes we eventually find something somehow, and then destroy you for it."
""Show me the man, and eventually I'll find you a crime."
You do realize the tax document is a sworn document ?
Formality in aquisition of evidence is common in law cases. Trump was stalling with appeals. The supreme Court granted the release.
So clearly it wasn't a fishing expedition. It was a legal provision to turn over evidence . I do hope you support the concept of gathering all the verifiable and true evidence from all sides to present to a court.
Why has Donald Trump fought so hard to keep his tax returns secret?
I keep mine secret. Why shouldn't he?
Do you think that any POTUS can effectively govern without conflict of interest if the POTUS owes substantial amounts of money to foreign interests? I'm not saying that's the case here but American citizens are entitled to know if any presidential candidate or POTUS is beholden to a foreign influence. That's why his and any presidential candidate should release their tax returns.
If the loopholes exist and he utilized them, then nothing illegal has taken place.
Nice try, but no cigar.
Cute, with your defiant assertions, but your boy is gonna get investigated because there's enough smoke to smell out a fire. The SCOTUS says they can go ahead and delve into his documents.
Has the IRS come after him?
They've had his taxes all along.
I give the IRS credit for NOT leaking the tax returns. It's not the IRS coming after him, it's New York City/ New York State. It's probably a fishing expedition because Muller had Trump's tax returns for as many years back as he wanted. the NYC DA is looking for evidence of bank fraud for pumping up real estate values. The thing is that real estate values are all speculative and the buyer sets the market. The market is constantly changing up and down. It's going to be near impossible to prove that type of fraud. As someone said before Trump has a huge accounting firm preparing those returns. It isn't just one guy, it's a team of people handling various entities and filing quarterly fiscal reports He isn't signing those returns either. Some actuary in a corner cubicle is singing for him that they are reporting truthful and accurate information. Anyone who thinks Trump is sitting at his desk and using turbo tax to prepare his yearly returns is smoking crack.
I'm a nobody and each one of my businesses has a registered agent that files as needed and I have a CPA that handles everything else.
You did something against the law, now prove me wrong...
That's not it works folks....
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