Trump who only paid $750 in taxes
So What ? All LEGAL Deductions
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Trump Paid $750 in Federal Income Taxes in 2017. Here’s the Math.
The small amount of federal income taxes President Trump paid in both 2016 and 2017 — just $750 each year — has become the focus of much attention since it was revealed in a New York Times investigation. The figures below, drawn from Mr. Trump’s tax-return data for 2017, show how his accountants arrived at that figure for one of those years.
Donald J. Trump’s income in 2017
$373,629 Wage Includes pro-rated presidential salary and small amounts for film and television appearances.
+6,758,494 Taxable interest Almost $6 million of this is interest income from his investment with Vornado Realty Trust.
+21,984 Ordinary dividends Includes $13,123 from trusts established by his parents and $7,000 from Deutsche Bank.
+7,562,038 Capital gain and other gains Profits from the sale of property or other investments.
+ 84,351 Pensions and annuities Includes a Screen Actors Guild Producers pension of $77,808.
– 15,313,785 Losses on his businesses Losses after deducting expenses from the $536.6 million in gross receipts at Mr. Trump’s core businesses.
–12,306,111 Other income Losses from prior years, counted with other income, further dragged the total into the red.
–$12,819,400 Total income
Although Mr. Trump donates his salary to the government, it is subject to income tax along with his other earnings. But because Mr. Trump’s overall income was negative, he did not owe regular income tax on any of it.
He was, however, still subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax, a parallel tax system that reduces the benefit of some deductions, preventing wealthy people from erasing their tax liability altogether. Most significantly, the A.M.T. formula disallowed $45 million in losses that Mr. Trump had carried over from prior years.
Mr. Trump’s tax bill in 2017
$ 7,435,857 Alternative Minimum Tax
- 7,435,107 General Business Credit
$750 Total income tax due