his assets to reduce his real estate taxes, when telling me in 2008 or 2009 that he was cutting employees salaries in half, including mine. he showed me what he claims a 10 million dollar irs tax refund. and he said that he could not believe how stupid the government was for giving someone like him that much money back. i again, everyone. it s 5:00 in the east. it was not surprising, but it was shocking, and galling. donald trump, the businessman turned american president, took pride, reveled in taking full advantage of the government for his own financial gain. that detail from trump s former lawyer, michael cohen, was yet another in a series of revelations about trump s tax paying habits that had come to light recent years, including the mammoth piece of reporting by the new york times, starting in 2020, that exposed to
trump, a wealthy businessman s he s touted himself as, he didn t pay any federal taxes in 2020. in 2016 it was just $750 in federal income taxes and then if you combine 2018 and 2019, just over a million dollars. so what are the questions in your mind? is it about seeing if these losses that were reported are actually legitimate? well there are a number of questions that i have. to be clear, the tax code is extremely complicated and there is a lot of gray areas when it comes to real estate taxes. so just because trump was able to pay very little in taxes does not necessarily mean he did anything illegal. that said, there are a lot of dodgy things that came out within his tax returns that the joint committee on taxation summarized and we ll see documentation of in this release today, things like charity deductions that look suspicious
it was my experience that mr. trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes, such as trying to be listed amongst the wealthiest people in forbes, and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes. when telling me in 2008 or 2009 that he was cutting employees salaries in half, including mine, he showed me what he claimed was a $10 million irs tax refund. and he said that he could not believe how stupid the government was for giving someone like him that much money back. hi, again, everyone. it s 5:00 in the east. it was not surprising, but it was shocking and balling. donald trump, the businessman turned american president, took pride, revelled in taking full advantage of the government for his own financial gain.
A number of developments in 2022 will impact federal leasing: The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) has issued a landmark decision on what constitutes a reimbursable real estate.