Sanders and his wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, paid an effective tax rate of 26 percent on $561,293 in income in 2018 . Releasing his tax returns allows Sanders to attack Donald Trump on his transparency without fear of being labeled a hypocrite. Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) released 10 years of tax returns mere minutes after Sanders. Hillary Clinton, Sanders’ primary opponent in 2016, released eight years of tax returns ending in 2014 during the primary. Sanders’ tax returns, as he predicted, do not appear to be especially remarkable.

Source: Huffington Post April 15, 2019 22:04 UTC