华盛顿-前总统唐纳德·特朗普根据《纽约时报》和ProPublica的一份报告，在政府审计表明他在芝加哥摩天大楼的税务损失上双重征税后，他可能面临美国国税局超过1亿美元的账单。该报告借鉴了长达一年的审计和公开文件。
这份报告的调查结果可能会让人们重新关注特朗普的商业生涯，因为这位推定的共和党提名人在2020年败选后试图重新入主白宫。
特朗普利用他作为房地产开发商和电视明星的声望发起了一场政治运动，但他拒绝像过去的总统候选人那样公布他的税务申报文件。公众确实知道的税务申报来自《泰晤士报》过去的报道以及民主党人在2022年众议院筹款委员会公开发布的记录。
特朗普的总统竞选团队以儿子埃里克·特朗普的名义发表了一份声明，称国税局的调查“多年前就已解决，只是在我父亲竞选公职时才重新启动。我们对自己的立场充满信心。”
报告援引的税务记录显示，特朗普两次扣除了特朗普国际酒店和塔楼的损失。该酒店于2009年在芝加哥河岸附近开业，穿过芝加哥市中心。
报道称，特朗普最初在2008年提交的文件中报告亏损6.58亿美元，其前提是该房产符合美国国税局对“一文不值”的定义，因为在美国经济深度衰退期间，公寓销售令人失望，零售空间无人问津。
但发表的报告称，2010年，特朗普将该房产的所有权转让给了他也控制的另一家控股公司，利用此举节省了资金赋税该公司报告称，在未来10年内，同一项资产将额外亏损1.68亿美元。
自2022年12月以来，该报告没有关于美国国税局调查状况的任何更新，但表示如果特朗普输掉审计战，他可能欠下超过1亿美元的债务，包括罚款。
与此同时，特朗普正在对纽约法官2月份的一项裁决提出上诉。此前一项民事审判显示，特朗普、他的公司和高管在财务报表上谎报了自己的财富，欺骗了与他有业务往来的银行家和保险公司。4月初，特朗普缴纳了1.75亿美元的保证金，停止收取他在判决中欠下的4.54亿美元，并防止州政府在他上诉期间扣押他的资产来偿还债务。
民主党总统乔·拜登曾表示，特朗普的财富主要来自他父亲的遗产，而不是他自己的金融头脑。拜登因特朗普不想纳税而对其穷追不舍，而他的政府增加了国税局的资金，以增加对超级富豪的审计并改善对联邦税法的遵守情况。
特朗普竞选团队反对拜登和民主党向美国国税局提供的额外资金。在竞选集会上，特朗普曾表示，除非延长他2017年的减税政策(该政策基本上将于2025年后到期)，否则美国作为一个国家将被摧毁。
Report: Trump may face a $100 million-plus tax bill in IRS audit over Chicago tower
WASHINGTON --Former PresidentDonald Trumpmay face an IRS bill in excess of $100 million after a government audit indicates he double-dipped on tax losses tied to a Chicago skyscraper, according to a report by The New York Times and ProPublica that drew on a yearslong audit and public filings.
The report's findings could put renewed focus on Trump's business career as the presumptive Republican nominee tries to regain the White House after losing in 2020.
Trump used his cachet as a real estate developer and TV star to build a political movement, yet he has refused to release his tax filings as past presidential candidates have. The tax filings that the public does know about have come from past reporting by the Times and a public release of records by Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee in 2022.
Trump's presidential campaign provided a statement in son Eric Trump's name saying the IRS inquiry “was settled years ago, only to be brought back to life once my father ran for office. We are confident in our position.”
The tax records cited by the report indicate that Trump twice deducted losses on the Trump International Hotel and Tower, which opened in 2009 near the banks of the Chicago River that cuts through that city’s downtown.
The report said Trump initially reported losses of $658 million in his 2008 filings under the premise that the property fit the IRS definition of being “worthless” because condominium sales were disappointing and retail space went unfilled amid a deep U.S. recession.
But in 2010, the published report said, Trump transferred the ownership of the property to a different holding company that he also controlled, using the move to save money ontaxesby reporting an additional $168 million in losses over the next decade on the same property.
The report did not have any updates on the status of the IRS inquiry since December 2022, but said Trump could owe more than $100 million, including penalties, if he were to lose the audit battle.
Trump, meanwhile, is appealing a New York judge's ruling from February after a civil trial that Trump, his company and top executives lied about his wealth on financial statements, conning bankers and insurers who did business with him. In early April, Trump posted a $175 million bond, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes from the judgment and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals.
Democrat PresidentJoe Bidenhas said that Trump largely owes his fortune to an inheritance from his father, rather than through his own financial acumen. Biden has gone after Trump for not wanting to pay taxes, while his administration has increased IRS funding in order to increase audits of the ultra-wealthy and improve compliance with the federal tax code.
The Trump campaign opposes the additional funding that Biden and Democrats provided to the IRS. At campaign rallies, Trump has said the United States would be destroyed as a country unless his 2017 tax cuts that are largely set to expire after 2025 are extended.
