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TigressDem

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

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2022, 01:41 PM

Dec 2022

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.

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trump lied about donating his salary [View all] moonshinegnomie Dec 2022 OP

Of course he did. Srkdqltr Dec 2022 #1

Nobody believed he... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #10

Didn't he announce that he would not accept pay in the first place? mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #2

Doubtful. W_HAMILTON Dec 2022 #6

I didn't get to the W-2. Full disclosure: I am not a CPA. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #8

His W-2 wages are listed on the first page of his 1040. W_HAMILTON Dec 2022 #11

Is that entirely from the US government? Is this his only W-2 form? mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #13

I don't know for sure since I didn't see a schedule listing the W-2(s) out. W_HAMILTON Dec 2022 #16

Let's not forget that greedy fuck once cashed a check for 13 cents Blue Owl Dec 2022 #3

IIRC, he donated to various government agencies Zeitghost Dec 2022 #4

i think u r wrong. i know donations to schools are deductible and mopinko Dec 2022 #7

This is not true. W_HAMILTON Dec 2022 #22

From AFP Fact Check (France) teach1st Dec 2022 #5

I wonder of those "contributions" to federal agencies wnylib Dec 2022 #14

that report is from yesterday,before the actual tax docs were released moonshinegnomie Dec 2022 #18

trump 2020 schedule a moonshinegnomie Dec 2022 #20

This """fact check""" is contradicted by The Washington Post: W_HAMILTON Dec 2022 #23

Thanks for that teach1st Dec 2022 #25

Yes. He NEVER donated 100% CLAIMED 25% but those agencies never got it. TigressDem Dec 2022 #9

How do you know the agencies did not get it? former9thward Dec 2022 #26

In another DU thread about same issue... but down thread someone said he did 25% TigressDem Dec 2022 #33

Set aside the argument of whether donations to govenment agencies LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #12

There is no argument. former9thward Dec 2022 #27

Ok. thanks. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #30

I don't think he made any $ to donate. He's a ... Whiskeytide Dec 2022 #28

Well yeah.. the Greedy Grifting Cha Dec 2022 #15

He lies about claudette Dec 2022 #17

Trump lying is not news. Trump not lying would be a story. twodogsbarking Dec 2022 #19

Yeah, one more thing to add to the "No Shit Sherlock" file. GoCubsGo Dec 2022 #21

Comment withdrawn - initially only the first two pages loaded. n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #24

i know it doesn't prove he donated but...... Takket Dec 2022 #29

K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 #31

you could remove the last four words on your subject line mnmoderatedem Dec 2022 #32

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Dec 2022 #34