今度は脱税？トランプ候補の言い分は？＜1分で英語ニュース＞

討論会（The Presidential Debate) 以降、色々とゴシップが出てきますね。

今日は「ドナルドが巨大損失処理のため、18年間税金支払いを免れていた」お話が浮上。

これも討論会でクリントンが言っていましたね。

彼（または彼の敏腕弁護士）は税金システムを知り尽くしている集団。

税金を支払っていなのは、うまく「処理」しているので、どうやら「合法」らしいのです。

でも、不公平！

「我が国の複雑な税制システムを、大統領候補者の中で一番熟知しているのが、この私。

だから私こそが、この税制システムを変えることができる」

だって！？

それって、どうなの？？

1分半の動画をどうぞ。

スクリプトは画面下にあります。

The New York Times newspaper reports it has obtained a copy of Donald Trump’s 1995 tax returns, and that they show he declared a $916 million dollar loss that year.

The paper says the large tax deduction may have allowed him to avoid paying any federal income taxes for nearly two decades.

It says the losses were from financial deals that went bad in the 1990’s.

And that tax laws at the time would have allowed Trump use his huge loss in 1995 to wipe out over $50 million in taxable income each year for up to 18 years.

In a statement, the Trump campaign said the newspaper obtained the documents illegally, and accused the Times of operating as an extension of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

The Trump campaign also added that Trump has a – quote – “fiduciary responsibility” as a businessman to pay no more tax than legally required.

After the Times article came out, Trump said on his Twitter page, “I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them”.

Trump is the first U.S. presidential nominee in modern history to refuse to release his income tax returns.