川普没逃税，他预付了税

Trump Didn't Avoid Taxes, He Prepaid Them *****I83g2je26V #Newsmax via @Newsmax

— Christopher McDonald (@themcfiles44) September 29, 2020

 

Contrary to the false impression in The New York Times story, Donald Trump did not avoid taxes.

He pre-paid them.

In 2016 and 2017, he requested and got an extension to file his returns.

As required, he made an estimated tax payment of $1 million in 2016 and $4.2 million in 2017. Then, it turned out that he did not owe that much in taxes, but, rather than demand the money back, he let the IRS keep it and apply it to any future tax he owed.

So — when he only paid $750 in taxes for the first two years of his presidency it was because he had already overpaid during the two previous years and just reduced his payment by that amount.

Over the longer term, Trump overpaid his taxes by $72 million.

Because some of that overpayment was more than two years earlier, he was not allowed to offset it against current taxes. But Obama changed the law to allow taxpayers to go further back and he offset his tax liability in future years by citing his overpayment.

So Donald Trump did not avoid paying taxes, he prepaid them.

So what's wrong with that?

Many taxpayers overpay or have more withheld from their paychecks than they end up owing in taxes. They look forward to a deserved refund each year.

Some even use the process as a way of saving money.

All that Trump did differently, was to leave the money at the IRS and take the refund over several years. A government strapped for cash should reward such conduct, not vilify it.

And, since no good deed goes unpunished in politics, the president also being skewered for taking a charitable tax deduction of $119 million for agreeing not to build homes on a 200 acre plot in Westchester, New York and a similar one in Los Angeles.

In each case, Trump bought the property planning to build a golf course and homes on them. Both times, the local zoning board refused to allow the development.

So Trump donated the right to develop develop this land to charity and took a deduction of $119 million, called a charitable easement.

So now the beautiful land in each location will be preserved forever wild as a place of refuge for people, birds, and animals.

Beyond these points, several facts emerge:

1. Trump never used any illegal means to reduce his tax liability. He always followed the law.

2. He never used his power as president to get the IRS to pull its punches even though he appoints the director who serves at his pleasure.

3. He took advantage of every way to cut his tax burden. Do you know any taxpayer who doesn’t?

 

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• 拼命洗，拿到FOX NEWS去发表可能还有一点用。 -北美三十而立- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 07:56:37

• 合法避税和逃税是两个概念。又要恶意替换概念？总统也有依法deduct亏损的权力，有什么需要洗的吗？ -Hercules12- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:00:44

• 作为总统应该带头交税， 多给国家作贡献， 而不是想尽办法避税，那还是最爱国的人吗？ -清源白水- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:23:25

• 听上去，欧巴马付了 两倍的 应该缴的税 -odamae- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:28:37

• 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴，川普这样的，就是一群蝼蚁，把税制的漏洞越掏越大，最后坑定是溃堤 -又到了夏天- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:06:06

• 蚁穴 #1 -odamae- ♂ (138 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:22:25

• 蚁穴 #2 -odamae- ♂ (208 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:23:24

• 蚁穴 #3 -odamae- ♂ (135 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:25:33

• 有这么糊涂的人吗？ 税制的漏洞是川普造成的？ 税制有漏洞，应由国会有责任来纠正， 跟川普毫无关系 -总要注册- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:25:13

• 总统找到了税制的漏洞，高尚的人，会以身作则，带领国民去堵住这个漏洞 -又到了夏天- ♂ (74 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:32:04

• 应该选川普， 把漏洞堵住。 -bustout- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 09:05:41

• 我看这里攻击川普的都没交过税，至少没交过美国税。 -红泥小火炉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2020 postreply 08:19:37