My father, T. George Harris, helped to establish the modern precedent that presidential candidates release years of tax returns — a tradition that Mr. Trump, so far, has defied. When Dad returned to Look in 1967, he decided to ask Mr. Romney to release his previous year’s tax return as a gesture of transparency. How a candidate managed his finances over a long period is what really mattered, Mr. Romney said. Mr. Trump has so far refused to release his tax returns because, he has said, he is being audited. Mr. Trump’s surrogates have also said that minimizing his taxes was Mr. Trump’s “fiduciary duty,” as if a businessman had some sort of solemn or legal obligation to make as much money as possible.

Source: New York Times October 07, 2016 15:45 UTC