During an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press on May 22, Hillary Clinton said: “The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn’t paid a penny in taxes.”
We don’t know a lot about Trump’s tax situation, a fact exacerbated by his unwillingness to release his full tax returns.
Public records show that Trump did not pay federal income taxes in two years – 1978 and 1979 – which is what Clinton was referencing. But the same records include information from three other years – 1975, 1976, and 1977 – when Trump did pay federal income taxes.
The records we have are not full tax returns, which makes learning more about those years (or any others) difficult.
Clinton’s statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
We rate it Mostly False.
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