Former accountant refutes Trump’s tax brilliance: I did all the work

[DonViejo]

By Nolan D. McCaskill
10/04/16 04:41 PM EDT

Donald Trump’s former accountant challenged the Republican presidential nominee’s assertion that he “brilliantly” used tax laws to avoid paying federal taxes. “I did all the tax preparation. He never saw the product until it was presented to him for signature,” Jack Mitnick, a former Trump family accountant, told Inside Edition’s Steven Fabian in an interview broadcast Tuesday.

At a rally in Pueblo, Colorado, on Monday, the real estate mogul responded to the bombshell New York Times report published Saturday evening that disclosed a nearly $1 billion loss in 1995 that could have allowed Trump to avoid paying federal income taxes for up to 18 years.

“As a businessman and real estate developer, I have legally used the tax laws to my benefit and to the benefit of my company, my investors and my employees,” he said. “I mean, honestly, I have brilliantly — I have brilliantly used those laws. I have often said on the campaign trail that I have a fiduciary responsibility to pay no more tax than is legally required, like anybody else, or put another way: to pay as little tax as legally possible.” But Mitnick claimed it was he who used the tax code in Trump’s favor. “Right. I’m the one who did all the work,” he said.

Mitnick confirmed the veracity of the three documents published by The New York Times. He said the software he used at the time couldn’t print enough digits to show the nine-figure loss so he used a typewriter.

“All the copies were delivered to Mr. Trump,” he added. “Who got them after that, I can’t tell you.”


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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/jack-mitnick-donald-trump-taxes-brilliance-229114#ixzz4MCzqMxRH

[sarge43]

1. Imagine Trump reading the tax codes.

He can't even get through debate prep.

[Mamajami]

2. i would much rather for Trump to take the credit for it...so he can take the blame.

We all know he doesn't know enough "brilliantly" use the tax codes. But we also know that millions of tax-paying citizens don't like the fact that people like Trump get away with not paying their fair share of taxes.

[world wide wally]

3. I liked Kaine's point that while the country was scrambling after 9/11, Trump was scrambling

to cut the gov't short on his taxes.
Very patriotic

[Renew Deal]

4. The Accountant is trying to drum up business

lol

[dembotoz]

6. and rightly so

years ago i screwed up my tax return...stupid mistake....forgot a 1099

went to an accountant for help....he redid my taxes and saved my ass.

he now does the taxes for my small business.

a good accountant is a wonderful thing...he should sing it from the treetops.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. "fiduciary responsibility" applies to corporate governance, not greedy fat-cat billion $ losers.

[Nitram]

7. That's what I was assuming. Trump doesn't have the patience or the focus to...

learn about the tax code - filling out the forms is beyond his grasp.

[cannabis_flower]

8. Something to think about..

Was this his personal tax returns or a business tax return? I keep hearing his surrogates say he had a responsibility to his shareholders to legally take all the deductions he's entitled to, but that's not the case for his personal tax returns. If as I'm reading, it was supplied by Marla Maples it would be his personal tax return.