China News Agency, Washington, September 27 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) Regarding reports that he has not paid or underpaid federal income tax for many years, US President Trump responded at the White House on the 27th, saying, "This is completely fake news."
Earlier in the day, the "New York Times" published a long report that disclosed that Trump only paid $750 in federal income tax each year in 2016 and 2017.
According to the paper, based on more than 20 years of tax filing data it obtained, Trump has not paid federal income tax for 10 of the past 15 years.
Data map: US President Trump.
Trump denied the above report at the press conference held that day.
He said, "This is totally fake news." "Actually, I paid taxes, but my tax returns are being audited. They have been audited for a long time."
At this time, it was less than three days before Trump and Biden's first televised debate on presidential candidates.
Trump accused that The New York Times just wanted to "make up a little story" before the election, "that is just fake news."
When asked when he could make his tax return public, Trump did not give a clear answer.
He said that he paid a lot of taxes and is currently undergoing audit.
Although he stated that he would publish the tax return, he did not give a specific time.
US media reported that this is not the first time Trump has refused to disclose personal tax information on the grounds of "under audit."
In 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives committee and the Manhattan District Attorney in New York City respectively launched investigations involving Trump and sought access to his financial records for several years.
The two lawsuits even reached the Supreme Court of the United States.
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