[KARAH RUCKER]
AS WE REPORTED YESTERDAY ON THE MORNING RUNDOWN – APRIL 15TH WAS THE DEADLINE FOR AMERICANS TO FILE THEIR TAXES – AND THAT INCLUDED THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.
THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN’S JOINT TAX RETURN – SHOWING THE COUPLE EARNING NEARLY SIX HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS (620,000) IN 20-23 – WITH FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND (400,000) DOLLARS COMING FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL SALARY. THAT IS UP FROM THE ROUGHLY FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND (580,000) DOLLARS THEY EARNED LAST YEAR.
THE BIDENS PAID MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS (146,629) IN FEDERAL INCOME TAX – AN INCOME TAX RATE OF TWENTY THREE POINT SEVEN (23.7) PERCENT.
THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING PRESIDENT BIDEN BELIEVES THE LONGSTANDING TRADITION OF ANNUALLY RELEASING PRESIDENTIAL TAX RETURNS SHOULD CONTINUE.
THAT’S LIKELY A REFERENCE TO HIS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL OPPONENT — AS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS WHILE IN OFFICE – THOUGH SIX YEARS OF RETURNS WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC BY THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IN 20-22.
WHEN ASKED IF TRUMP WILL RELEASE HIS 20-23 TAX RETURNS – A CAMPAIGN SPOKESWOMAN Told USA TODAY THE FORMER PRESIDENT “HAS RELEASED MORE INFORMATION TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT HIS PERSONAL FINANCES THAN ANY CANDIDATE IN HISTORY.”