making new friends?

Sarcasm here, of course. Welcome to DU.

released the full and complete 2014 Federal filing, and hasn't released any other Federal tax filing from years prior even though he's been in Federal gov't for 25+ years!

Barack Obama released all his Federal tax filings from 2000-2008 when he ran. He continues to release these.

Hillary Clinton has done the same, and continues to release the full Federal tax filings up to 2014.

Jeb Bush, for chrissakes has released his Federal tax filings! So did his brother, Duhbya, and even Dark Cheney.

So why does Bernie think he's special that he only has to release his 1040 Form that shows NOTHING.

What is he hiding? Why so secretive, &quot Not-so) Everyday Man"?

who have released their full and complete Federal filings.

http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/Web/PresidentialTaxReturns?OpenDocument

You can even click on the dates to see their entire Federal tax filings for that year. They even have copies of FDR's!

Bernie is still at ONE and it's just the IRS 1040 form, two pages, and nothing else. Even Newt Gingrich released a full and complete Federal tax filing!

So why hasn't Bernie?

ans Schedule C - business income - $4900, and CE - business tax.

it suggests that they probably

(a) had very high income (they would then have deducted high state income taxes on sch. A);
(b) could have had high charitable contributions (on sch. A.);
or
(c) had at least one very valuable house (they would then have deducted high real estate taxes and possibly mortgage interest).

There is no shame in this - only shame if someone is being hypocritical about it.

Apparently they gave about $12,000 to charity and paid about $8,000 in Vermont income tax. As per Politico, they have a mortgage of less than $100,000 on a D.C. condo and also own a property in Vermont. Hard to see how the interest and taxes get them to an additional $30K+. Also, if they're deducting income and property taxes, wouldn't they end up paying the ATM at their income level?

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/bernie-sanders-wife-accounts-for-reported-assets-120261

I think they are subject to reductions between the Sch A subtotal and the Sch A amount they can deduct on page 1. So the original subtotal would be > 57000. On an AGI of about 200000, this seems high. What other Sch A expenses could they qualify for? Did they have a casualty loss?

The DC condo is probably worth a LOT more than the 100000k mortgage balance. My guess is that they pay 5000 a year or more in real estate taxes on it, plus some mortgage interest.

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Of course, it is pretty obvious Sanders is a millionaire, like Hillary, who he has been bashing for being part of the "millionaires and billionaires" he is always railing about.

a millionaire based on retirement savings and home equity alone, he would be a fiscally irresponsible person. They should have been able to save a lot, even if he never invested in the stock market or anything risky. (I'm not aware of any medical crises that would have outstripped their health insurance benefits or anything like that that could wipe out savings).

It's a little different to be a millionaire in your 20s, versus a retirement-aged professional person or couple who should have been saving a long time. A million dollars provides only $40000 per year in annual interest/dividend/other income (at the rate retirement planners say is on the high end of what you should expect to draw out).

The man is running for President of the United States and he has his wife (who ISN'T an accountant!) do his income taxes?

As for this year, anyone with computer skills can use TurboTax to file simple returns. However, people who have lots of investments or complex situations may need more time. So exactly how complicated is his situation?

Is he going to blame his wife for everything else too?

busy...


"Appearing on CNN’s State of The Union, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders stalled off questions about releasing his income taxes for the past eight years, saying his wife does them and “we’ve been a little bit busy lately.”

Host Jake Tapper pointed out that rival Hillary Clinton has posted her returns for the last eight years online — leading to considerable criticism about her income — but Sanders has yet to post his.

“I’m kind of surprised that you haven’t gone further on transparency. You released the summary page of your 2014 tax returns,” Tapper said. “Hillary Clinton has posted on her website the last eight years of her personal returns, all of the returns. Before the New York primary will you match her? Will you post your full returns for the last eight years?”

Sanders averred, saying his wife was responsible for their taxes and that there wasn’t anything “exciting” in them.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/sanders-defends-not-releasing-last-8-years-of-tax-returns-my-wife-does-them-and-weve-been-a-bit-busy/

What a frickn hypocrite

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/sanders-defends-not-releasing-last-8-years-of-tax-returns-my-wife-does-them-and-weve-been-a-bit-busy/

taxes in order to be released for public consumption.

He's always hounding Hillary.. but, he wants to slide by because he's too busy?

And, why does his wife do them when she's not an accountant.. they couldn't be hiding anything, could they?

no problem giving them at least 20 years worth of returns.

While they may be trying to cover something up, without a doubt it implicates just how disorganized the Sanders appear to be, and that is perhaps even more troubling for someone running for President of the United States

maybe he and Jane have been cheating on their taxes for years. He never thought he would get this far so he didn't bother to try to fix it.

I loathe him at this point.

He worked his taxes using loopholes so he paid less than the average senator which makes him look like he skipped on his responsibility of paying his fair share

He gave next to nothing to charity which will make him look mean spirited

He's a millionaire


I reckon he probably meets all three of these things. Tight-fisted, non- charitable guy... just like he appears. That's my guess.

....for his meals. That is how his followers know he is a True Progressive.

Why would he ever have to concern himself with anything as mundane as taxes? The filthy rich have "people" to take care of such matters, but St Bernard has Jane, and Jane is busy just now. He told us so, and so we must be patient. All will be revealed at the proper moment.

Amirite?

Slime!

it's not hard AT ALL to call up my past returns. I have the pdfs. Anyone asking for them could have them near instantly. One would think the higher up the income ladder, the more likely it would be that a person would retain and use a tax filing service and/or accounting firm.

So, the wife doing the taxes thing is an excuse. A 1040 summary is not a full return, as we all know. It's funny how she had time to give that, but not the entire return.

The Sanders household is pretty well off; and, the returns would show that.

... why release them if he's not going to be the nominee anyway?

having to meet all those other folks under that bus.

Unless they are giving most of it away to charity. Maybe that is the problem - what charities have they given to?