Bernie Sanders Released His Tax Returns. He’s Part of the 1%. - News Summed Up

Bernie Sanders Released His Tax Returns. He’s Part of the 1%.


WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont disclosed 10 years of tax returns on Monday, providing a more detailed look at his finances than he offered when he ran for president in 2016. The returns show that Mr. Sanders’s earnings shot up after his first presidential bid, when he built up a vast national following. Mr. Sanders and his wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, had an adjusted gross income of $561,293 in 2018, according to their most recent tax return. Mr. Sanders had about $393,000 in book income last year, and he and his wife reported giving $18,950 to charity. Their federal taxes came to $145,840, for an effective federal tax rate of 26 percent.


Source: New York Times April 15, 2019 22:02 UTC



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