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Originally Posted by pghquest
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The big money jump came from his book sales??? In 2009??? Why didn't it show up on his tax return filed in 2009 for 2008 book sales?
I'm not buying the book sales as the reason for the big jump in earnings. If it caused a jump, it should have shown up on a prior year tax return. I'm not saying he didn't sell any books in 2009. I'm saying the big difference in earnings should have shown up at least a year earlier. He should have been raking it in from book sales in 2008 (reported on his tax return filed in 2009) and if he got an advance, even earlier than that.
I said the above but have since found a Wall Street Journal article that said he reported $2.7 million in earnings on the return he filed in 2009 so he didn't actually go directly from a couple of hundred thou to $5.5M. He made a lot in 2008, too, before he was president.