Either he doesn't want us to see what's there or he figures he's not going to win anyway so why put all the information out there forever? I don't believe they have to show them to the public, but I thought he was all for transparency?

Just seems very odd that they would show that 1040 with all those dollars deducted without an explanation, i.e., the itemized form.

Meaning, she was talking about the 2015 return where they would be extra careful

We will never the the details of the $53,000 itemized deductions of 2014, unless the IRS would audit them. And even then, we will never know the outcome.

I like Mrs. Sanders, but I hope she really doesn't think people are as gullible as her husband does.

those taxes never get released

By which I mean your comment, not Sanders.

Stall and run out the clock.

With Turbo Tax, you can login and print anywhere!
Here's another handy link for Jane:
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/How-to-Get-a-Transcript-or-Copy-of-a-Prior-Year-Tax-Return

is that disorganized looks poorly on both of them.

Thin financial ice indeed ....

This is really bizarre.

are safe in a filing cabinet. PDFs are only for the past seven years on my external hard drive. You'd think that elected officials would have copies of their tax filings ever since they filed!

Jane is LYING.

It's really pissing me off that Mr. Transparency keeps yelling about Hillary's transcripts when he STILL hasn't released his tax returns! At the very least, he needs to quit with that whole thing until he releases them. He's such a hypocrite.

objective journalist who has access to video & a research team. Do you know if Rachel has covered this at all? She'd be all over this if it were anybody else. Seems that Hillary & Jeb Bush have been the most transparent, and the two "insurgents" have been the least. Just one more way that BS resemblesTrump.

Haven't seen her cover on the BS' taxes. She seems to be more bothered by BS not helping other Dems with all those million of dollars in contributions from donors.

wish Tapper asked him about that $53k itemized deductions as a part of his "regular return."

Great video! I'm glad to see Sanders be called out on that.

...I'm amazed that I used to like this guy. Every day I like him less and less. I'll vote for him if he's the nominee, but he's making it hard.

Well, I can say that I definitely see the light now...

in 2012 was stupid, imo.

It boggles the mind.

Has this never come up in any of Sanders' Senate runs? It seems so standard - you run for office, you are ready to disclose your finances.

Unbelievable.

And we of the unwashed masses are expected to keep such records in case we get audited.

You'd think at that job and income level, they'd be happy to give gainful employment to an accountant.

But for the other years...

Halpern called her the family CPA, to which she replied, "well no it's Turbo Tax". When he asked when will she release them and she said she'll need to find time to go home to find them. She's just been TOO BUSY. But she assured him that there's nothing much in their returns and that they "are pretty boring." When he asked if they are simple returns, she said "Yes, simple returns".

He also said that the Clinton's have released 8 years worth of taxes and she said "well they've been in office all these years" to which Halpern said, Bernie's been in the House and Senate. She replied, "well every election we've released them". "I'll release this year's as soon as they're due. But can I have time to GO HOME first?!"

IMO, she seemed flustered and defensive.

edited:
She also said she's going to Italy with Bernie for a quick trip to the Vatican, they will leave after the debate and "come right back" on Saturday morning. "We have events there." And she said when you get an invitation to speak at the Vatican, "you don't turn that down."

I thought it was just inattentiveness at first.

They're hiding something.

You'll have to watch the video when it comes out. Imo, she looked flustered and her face flushed when she was talking about it.

She said, "Yes, they're on file. But we haven't been home for month!"

He said, so you'll release...how many years? Jane:"I don't know, how many do you want, Mark?"

"You can request prior tax returns, for a fee, from the IRS. If you file with TurboTax, those returns are free in TurboTax Deluxe, Premier and Home & Business."

..and Rush would make up some annoying rhyme-y, alliterative name for it no doubt.

Like pretty much everything Bernie gets away with. Meanwhile, they hold Hillary's feet to the fire on EVERY SINGLE ISSUE. I'm so, so sick of the double standard.

I am not fond of that level of evasiveness.

But since he's losing, I'm guessing we will never get to see.

It could be (a) they can't properly explain their relatively large (per the 1040 for 2014) Schedule A itemized deductions, (b) they have very few charitable deductions or (c) Perhaps Jane never really reported her $200K golden parachute as taxable income. Should be interesting.

Guess they don't know that a lot of the fans wouldn't care anyway.

when she said that they have released tax returns every election. http://www.factcheck.org/2016/04/sanders-evades-tax-question/

addressing them about a "moral economy"?

"El Cheapo!"

It certainly does not fit in with Pope Francis' hope that we all become more charitable. Now, I do think that during Reagan's tenure, he slashed a lot of services claiming that the private sector would pick up the slack, so it has put pressure on private citizens to pay for things like research for diseases, mental health, etc., that IMO government would better provide. However, we have to live under the system we have.

The Vatican tie-in is beautiful.

She was definitely feeling the heat.

Her "the Clinton's have been in office all these years" justification was just embarrassing. And, Halperin nailed her.

Her body language spoke VOLUMES, imo

Looking forward to seeing it

I can produce PDFs of my returns going back to 2008. It's probably easier than calling one's tax preparer.

That was just blatant bullshit. If you use TurboTax you don't have to "go home to find them." I think that most voters will know this.

You just go online to Turbotax, and press print.

"every election we release them"? Offered just *after* answering that they haven't but the Clintons have because the Clintons have been in office! 1040 ain't a return, as Tapper noted. Something's wrong.

We are extremely careful to keep reports for at least the most recent five years close at hand. Isn't there some requirement to do that in case of audit?

We store the others in labelled boxes. In fact, it was only a couple years back that I finally recycled returns from the 1970s and 1980s. It is probably safe to recycle the 1990s too by now.

That was rather a callous and dismissive answer. It indicates a troubling lack of attention to important details.

the last 5 years. Me, I've got the last 15 years.

This campaign train has left the station, left the rails, and left the real world.

...NO excuse!

in ten minutes. Better than that, I can access them from anywhere I am from my smart phone.

I am going to go out on a limb and say that Jane and Bernie are liars!!!

Hillary would be top of the news for weeks if she pulled a stunt like this. If they aren't trying to hide something, why would they put themselves in such a ridiculous position?

or outright lying. Or both.

And this guy wants to talk about economics? This is basic stuff. At their income level, it would behoove them to keep copies for at least 5 years, like the IRS requires.

Can you hear Bernie now? "The national debt...I put it somewhere."

leader. I hope she deals with papers related to work in a better fashion.

lawsuits about false and misleading statements in loan documents, etc.

where it is because I read yesterday that they own four homes.

...have known this would come up.

Two things struck me about the interview that makes me think she's not the brightest:

1. She said that 30% of a candidate's delegates are superdelegates (?) Less than 15% of all delegates are superdelegates, so where does the 30% come from. I suppose she's taking all the pledged delegates and dividing them by 2, then including ALL the superdelegates, which would be "30%", but that's 30% of HALF the pledged delegates.

2. She said they'll release their tax return "when they're due". She's the one that has been doing them every year - is it a surprise that they're due this week? (actually a week from today, April 15 this year is a quasi-holiday so the deadline has been extended to April 18)

No matter how they cut it, the taxes are due before the New York primary, they should release them before that.

One other thing - a United States Senator has his taxes done with Turbotax???? If elected, does he expect to prepare his Federal budget proposal using IntuitBooks?

that answer provides no reason whatsoever she won't release past years.

next debate she doesn't want to hear any more about the damn tax returns.

said they were too busy. Another Pinocchio for sanders.

I can't wait to find out what he is hiding. Although, he knows he has already lost so I suppose it doesn't matter.