trump lied about donating his salary

[moonshinegnomie]

his 2020 returns show zero charitable deductions
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23559121-trump-1040-2020

[Srkdqltr]

1. Of course he did.

[2naSalit]

10. Nobody believed he...

Would actually donate it. Anyone who did was fooled.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Didn't he announce that he would not accept pay in the first place?

I mean, if he never received it to begin with, he could not have deducted it.

Also, if he gave the money to some federal agency, that agency is not a charitable organization. So how could he list any donation as such?

He's got $915,000 in itemized deductions.

The numbers are kind of tiny -- I mean, the type is small. I'd have to see the W-2. He was surely receiving payment from some other entities.

I have stuff to do now. I'll let someone else go through this.

[W_HAMILTON]

6. Doubtful.

This tax-evading MF'er wouldn't take on a salary and have to pay payroll taxes if he could avoid it. He'd take money out as distributions.

And he lists W-2 wages of approximately ~400k, which is right around the presidential salary...

I'm looking through his additional schedules to see if it lists out where the W-2 wages are from...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. I didn't get to the W-2. Full disclosure: I am not a CPA.

I know enough to do my own taxes, but I'll leave it to the tax preparers at DU to comb through this.

[W_HAMILTON]

11. His W-2 wages are listed on the first page of his 1040.

Line 1 reports $393,229 to be exact.

Usually there are supporting schedules that lists where the W-2s are from, but I skimmed through the entire file and didn't see it right off hand...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Is that entirely from the US government? Is this his only W-2 form?

Would he not be receiving a wage or salary from some other entities in addition to the US government?

I have no idea.

[W_HAMILTON]

16. I don't know for sure since I didn't see a schedule listing the W-2(s) out.

But odds are, no, he would not be taking on W-2 wages from his companies -- once again, there are much better tax-advantageous alternatives to withdrawing money from your businesses -- and odds are that, yes, that is his presidential salary.

[Blue Owl]

3. Let's not forget that greedy fuck once cashed a check for 13 cents

https://splinternews.com/lets-remember-the-time-donald-trump-cashed-a-13-check-1793849388

[Zeitghost]

4. IIRC, he donated to various government agencies

I would assume those do not count as charitable donations as they are not charities.

[mopinko]

7. i think u r wrong. i know donations to schools are deductible and

that you can donate to to irs, so the gov in general.

[W_HAMILTON]

22. This is not true.

Trump repeatedly promised that he would donate his $400,000 annual salary for each year that he served as president, and he generally contributed his salary to federal agencies. IRS rules say that taxpayers who give money to government agencies “solely for public purposes” can deduct those gifts as charitable contributions on their tax returns. Trump’s failure to take any charitable deduction in 2020 suggests that he didn’t donate his presidential salary that year — and that if he donated his salary in the two prior years, that represented most of his charitable giving each year.

Taken from: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-we-ve-learned-from-trump-s-tax-returns/ar-AA15PaLq

[teach1st]

5. From AFP Fact Check (France)

https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33682XG

Trump tax report does not prove he retained presidential salary

After Congress released details on Donald Trump's taxes in December 2022, Democratic activists and groups claimed on social media that the report indicated the former US president did not donate his salary as he had promised. This is misleading; while the document includes wages Trump earned while in the White House, independent tax experts say it shows he gave that money away, and public records indicate he made contributions to federal agencies.

[wnylib]

14. I wonder of those "contributions" to federal agencies

were quid pro quo bribes?

[moonshinegnomie]

18. that report is from yesterday,before the actual tax docs were released

from the link

Published on Thursday 29 December 2022 at 10:21

[moonshinegnomie]

20. trump 2020 schedule a

zero donations

[W_HAMILTON]

23. This """fact check""" is contradicted by The Washington Post:

Trump repeatedly promised that he would donate his $400,000 annual salary for each year that he served as president, and he generally contributed his salary to federal agencies. IRS rules say that taxpayers who give money to government agencies “solely for public purposes” can deduct those gifts as charitable contributions on their tax returns. Trump’s failure to take any charitable deduction in 2020 suggests that he didn’t donate his presidential salary that year — and that if he donated his salary in the two prior years, that represented most of his charitable giving each year.

Taken from: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-we-ve-learned-from-trump-s-tax-returns/ar-AA15PaLq

[teach1st]

25. Thanks for that

[TigressDem]

9. Yes. He NEVER donated 100% CLAIMED 25% but those agencies never got it.

IF it is anywhere in the tax documents, it could be on LINE 12 of Itemized Deductions under Schedule A. But since the groups listed did not get the money.... probably not.



https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/11/fact-check-donald-trump-donates-salary-but-he-still-makes-money/5410134002/

According to news coverage and White House news releases, Trump has written checks equal to a quarter of his $400,000 annual salary every quarter to various government agencies:

2017

Q1 National Parks Service
Q2 Department of Education
Q3 Health and Human Services
Q4 Department of Transportation

2018

Q1 Department of Veterans Affairs
Q2 Small Business Administration
Q3 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Q4 Department of Homeland Security

2019 

Q1 Department of Agriculture
Q2 U.S. Surgeon General’s Office
Q3 Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health
Q4 Department of Health and Human Services

Trump and his constituents have not yet announced where he will donate his salary for the first and second quarters of 2020.

[former9thward]

26. How do you know the agencies did not get it?

Where are you getting that information?

[TigressDem]

33. In another DU thread about same issue... but down thread someone said he did 25%

So the original item I found was that he donated 25% and claimed 100% which to me was bad enough and in 2020 they didn't have information I could find.

BUT I stand corrected. WarGamer found the actual amounts.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1002&pid=17494802

[LuckyCharms]

12. Set aside the argument of whether donations to govenment agencies

would be reportable as charitable contributions or not.

It appears that he donated nothing to regular, everyday charities.

The cheap prick.

[former9thward]

27. There is no argument.

Section 170(c)(1) of the IRS code says contributions to government agencies are tax deductible.

https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/federal-state-local-governments/governmental-information-letter#:~:text=Charitable%20contributions%20to%20governmental%20units,Code%20section%20115(1).

[LuckyCharms]

30. Ok. thanks. n/t

[Whiskeytide]

28. I don't think he made any $ to donate. He's a ...

… pretend millionaire. He’s been hemorrhaging money for years, and borrowed (from sketchy sources) to keep up his image. He’s a classic con man, and nothing more.

Note: I’m not defending him, and agree he’s a cheap prick. But you can’t really fault someone for not making charitable donations when they’re going deeper in the hole every year.

[Cha]

15. Well yeah.. the Greedy Grifting

Treasonous SOB Lied about Everything and the sucker cult eats it up.

[claudette]

17. He lies about

EVERYTHING

[twodogsbarking]

19. Trump lying is not news. Trump not lying would be a story.

[GoCubsGo]

21. Yeah, one more thing to add to the "No Shit Sherlock" file.

I can't imagine there's anyone outside of his whack-o cult followers believed that bullshit.

[Ms. Toad]

24. Comment withdrawn - initially only the first two pages loaded. n/t

[Takket]

29. i know it doesn't prove he donated but......

just because you show zero deductions doesn't mean you didn't donate. it just means you didn't claim it on your taxes.

now, knowing what a skinflint he is i doubt he'd let his accountants miss something like that, but, just throwing that out there

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

31. K&R

[mnmoderatedem]

32. you could remove the last four words on your subject line

the remaining two words could apply to just about anything.

[Lucinda]

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