Let's compare tax strategies

[reason10]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/96-percent-of-hillarys-charitable-donations-in-2015-went-to-clinton-foundation/


96 Percent Of Hillary’s Charitable Donations In 2015 Went To Clinton Foundation

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nytimes-taxes-18-publish-legal-161316688.html

“Mr. Trump is a highly skilled businessman who has a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required,” the Trump campaign said in a statement. “That being said, Mr. Trump has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes, sales and excise taxes, real estate taxes, city taxes, state taxes, employee taxes and federal taxes, along with very substantial charitable contributions.”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump’s top advisers, had a predictably different take.

“My response is he’s a genius,” Giuliani said on “This Week.”

“A genius?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“Absolute genius,” Giuliani replied. “This is a perfectly legal application of the tax code. And he would’ve been a fool not to take advantage of it.”

Not only that: Trump could’ve been sued if he hadn’t, Giuliani said.

“You have an obligation when you run a business to maximize the profits,” the former mayor argued. “And if there is a tax law that says, ‘I can deduct this,’ you deduct it. If you fail to deduct it, people can sue you. Your investors can sue you.”

So FUK YOU, Trump bashers. You lose again.

 

[reason10]

Oh, by the way...The New York Slimes published that Trump tax report without any permission from the family
WHICH IS *edited* ILLEGAL.
And your wonderful [Unwelcome language removed] New York Slimes
DIDN'T PAY ANY GODDAM TAXES AT ALL IN THE YEAR 2014.
ONE OF OBAMA'S LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS (GENERAL ELECTRIC) LIKEWISE PAID NO *edited* TAXES.

 

[middleview]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/9...donations-in-2015-went-to-clinton-foundation/
http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/9...donations-in-2015-went-to-clinton-foundation/

96 Percent Of Hillary’s Charitable Donations In 2015 Went To Clinton Foundation

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nytimes-taxes-18-publish-legal-161316688.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nytimes-taxes-18-publish-legal-161316688.html
“Mr. Trump is a highly skilled businessman who has a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required,” the Trump campaign said in a statement. “That being said, Mr. Trump has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes, sales and excise taxes, real estate taxes, city taxes, state taxes, employee taxes and federal taxes, along with very substantial charitable contributions.”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump’s top advisers, had a predictably different take.

“My response is he’s a genius,” Giuliani said on “This Week.”

“A genius?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“Absolute genius,” Giuliani replied. “This is a perfectly legal application of the tax code. And he would’ve been a fool not to take advantage of it.”

Not only that: Trump could’ve been sued if he hadn’t, Giuliani said.

“You have an obligation when you run a business to maximize the profits,” the former mayor argued. “And if there is a tax law that says, ‘I can deduct this,’ you deduct it. If you fail to deduct it, people can sue you. Your investors can sue you.”

So FUK YOU, Trump bashers. You lose again.

1. Rudy is talking about business taxes and the controversy is over Trump's personal returns....
2. Why is there an issue with the Clinton's donating to their own foundation? Trump has a foundation, only he doesn't contribute to it...but he does have that foundation donate money to his political allies....which against the law.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/clintons-family-foundation-made-2-6-million-in-2015-donations-1472826857

Looks like you've been trumped.

 

[middleview]

Oh, by the way...The New York Slimes published that Trump tax report without any permission from the family
WHICH IS *edited* ILLEGAL.
And your wonderful [Unwelcome language removed] New York Slimes
DIDN'T PAY ANY GODDAM TAXES AT ALL IN THE YEAR 2014.
ONE OF OBAMA'S LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS (GENERAL ELECTRIC) LIKEWISE PAID NO *edited* TAXES.

The Times published court records....which included Trump's return....they were public documents....

General Electric is not allowed to donate money to political candidates.

 

[Jen]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/9...donations-in-2015-went-to-clinton-foundation/
http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/9...donations-in-2015-went-to-clinton-foundation/

96 Percent Of Hillary’s Charitable Donations In 2015 Went To Clinton Foundation

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nytimes-taxes-18-publish-legal-161316688.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nytimes-taxes-18-publish-legal-161316688.html
“Mr. Trump is a highly skilled businessman who has a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required,” the Trump campaign said in a statement. “That being said, Mr. Trump has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes, sales and excise taxes, real estate taxes, city taxes, state taxes, employee taxes and federal taxes, along with very substantial charitable contributions.”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump’s top advisers, had a predictably different take.

“My response is he’s a genius,” Giuliani said on “This Week.”

“A genius?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“Absolute genius,” Giuliani replied. “This is a perfectly legal application of the tax code. And he would’ve been a fool not to take advantage of it.”

Not only that: Trump could’ve been sued if he hadn’t, Giuliani said.

“You have an obligation when you run a business to maximize the profits,” the former mayor argued. “And if there is a tax law that says, ‘I can deduct this,’ you deduct it. If you fail to deduct it, people can sue you. Your investors can sue you.”

So FUK YOU, Trump bashers. You lose again.

Everyone uses tax laws to their own benefit as much as possible and to say that Trump isn't allowed to do that is just stupid.

 

[reason10]

1. Rudy is talking about business taxes and the controversy is over Trump's personal returns....

Nice try at spinning. Trump IS his business. And he has sent more dollars to the Federal Treasury than his critics.

2. Why is there an issue with the Clinton's donating to their own foundation?

It's called MONEY LAUNDERING.

Trump has a foundation, only he doesn't contribute to it...but he does have that foundation donate money to his political allies....which against the law.

No it's not. If that were the case, General Electric and a bunch of other companies would be in violation of the law.

*edited*

 

[reason10]

The Times published court records....which included Trump's return....they were public documents....

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/10/new_york_times_violates_law_to_publish_partial_trump_tax_return_from_90s_and_speculate_about_his_taxes.html
Dean Baquet wasn't bluffing.


The New York Times executive editor said during a visit to Harvard in September that he [URL='http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/12/media/ny-times-editor-jail-donald-trump-taxes/']would risk jail to publish Donald Trump's tax returns. He made good on his word Saturday night when the Times published Trump tax documents from 1995, which show the Republican presidential nominee claimed losses of $916 million that year — enough to avoid paying federal income taxes for as many as 18 years afterward.


Federal law makes it illegal to publish an unauthorized tax return:


It shall be unlawful for any person to whom any return or return information (as defined in section 6103(b)) is disclosed in a manner unauthorized by this title thereafter willfully to print or publish in any manner not provided by law any such return or return information. Any violation of this paragraph shall be a felony punishable by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
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General Electric is not allowed to donate money to political candidates.

https://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cid=N00009638
General Electric $532,031

 

[as seen on tv]

if you think you can be elected a billioinaire president while paying zero income taxes, you're completely disconnected from the mood of the voters. we're over taxed ourselves. I don't care how "brilliant" your tax accountant is.

this simply makes Bernie sanders look right - the system is rigged toward the wealthy - both Trump and Hillary

 

[Wolfert Webber]

That is a given, but, it was rigged BY the Hillarys, ie, the Washington elite.

It was NOT rigged by Trump, even if he takes advantage of it like we all take advantage of our tax breaks.

Time for a clean break from current DC elite.

 

[Arkady]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/9...donations-in-2015-went-to-clinton-foundation/
http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/9...donations-in-2015-went-to-clinton-foundation/

96 Percent Of Hillary’s Charitable Donations In 2015 Went To Clinton Foundation

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nytimes-taxes-18-publish-legal-161316688.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nytimes-taxes-18-publish-legal-161316688.html
“Mr. Trump is a highly skilled businessman who has a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required,” the Trump campaign said in a statement. “That being said, Mr. Trump has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes, sales and excise taxes, real estate taxes, city taxes, state taxes, employee taxes and federal taxes, along with very substantial charitable contributions.”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump’s top advisers, had a predictably different take.

“My response is he’s a genius,” Giuliani said on “This Week.”

“A genius?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“Absolute genius,” Giuliani replied. “This is a perfectly legal application of the tax code. And he would’ve been a fool not to take advantage of it.”

Not only that: Trump could’ve been sued if he hadn’t, Giuliani said.

“You have an obligation when you run a business to maximize the profits,” the former mayor argued. “And if there is a tax law that says, ‘I can deduct this,’ you deduct it. If you fail to deduct it, people can sue you. Your investors can sue you.”

So FUK YOU, Trump bashers. You lose again.

Isn't Giuliani hilarious? He's arguing Trump is a genius for guiding his business to a billion dollar loss. If "genius" consists of losing so much money that you don't have to pay taxes, anyone can be a genius, simply by inheriting a lot of money from their father and then losing it on unwise investments.

 

[georgephillip]

Nice try at spinning. Trump IS his business. And he has sent more dollars to the Federal Treasury than his critics.

Exactly how many dollars has Donald Trump sent to the federal treasury?

 

[reason10]

Isn't Giuliani hilarious? He's arguing Trump is a genius for guiding his business to a billion dollar loss.

NO, HE'S ARGUING TRUMP IS A GENIUS FOR WRITING OFF THE LOSSES OF THAT YEAR (CREATED BY THE FUCKED UP CLINTON ECONOMY) AND SAVING HIMSELF AND HIS STOCKHOLDERS A BUTT LOAD OF INCOME TAXES.

If "genius" consists of losing so much money that you don't have to pay taxes, anyone can be a genius, simply by inheriting a lot of money from their father and then losing it on unwise investments.

WHY DO YOU KEEP RUNNING THAT *edited* LIE? YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN CALLED ON IT.

 

[reason10]

Exactly how many dollars has Donald Trump sent to the federal treasury?

More than his critics. And a *edited* LOT MORE than the Clinton crime family.

 

[georgephillip]

More than his critics. And a *edited* LOT MORE than the Clinton crime family.

Let us try again.
"Exactly how many dollars has Donald Trump sent to the federal treasury?"

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=exactly

ex·act·ly
iɡˈzak(t)lē/
adverb

1. 1.
   without discrepancy (used to emphasize the accuracy of a figure or description).
   'they met in 1989 and got married exactly two years later'
   synonyms: precisely, entirely, absolutely, completely, totally, just, quite,in every way, in every respect, one hundred percent, every inch; More
   
   
   
2. 2.
   in exact terms; without vagueness.
   'what exactly are you looking for?'"