The House Committee on Ways and Means meets Tuesday to decide what to do with Trump tax records.
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House Democrats could vote to release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns Tuesday.
The potential release follows a protracted legal battle settled by the Supreme Court last month.
Trump has refused to release his tax returns and argued the public isn’t entitled to see them.
WASHINGTON – After years of speculation and legal action, the public may soon get a look at some long-sought information: Donald Trump’s tax records.
The House Committee on Ways and Means meets Tuesday to decide what to do with Trump tax records it obtained as a result of a legal battle that ended with a Supreme Court decision paving the way for their potential release.
An individual’s tax returns are supposed to be shielded by privacy laws, but the committee obtained Trump’s returns by successfully arguing they were needed to guide possible changes in tax laws. The committee may decide to attach the records to a report to the full House; it may also decide to release a summary of the Trump tax information. Alternatively, the panel could vote against making the information public.
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The Democratic-run committee is weighing whether to act before the start of the new year, when Republicans take control of the chamber. If records are made available, here’s what to watch out for:
How often did Trump pay zero in federal taxes?
Some of this information is already out.
The New York Times has obtained Trump tax records over the years, including documents in 2020 that covered more than two decades.
