Discussion: Is Trump A Tax Code Genius? Hardly, Says Former Trump Accountant

Nothing to see here. . . just another Trump lie. Move along.

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I’m gonna hire him … wanna be a ā€œgeniusā€ too —

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Trump’s response: ā€œBut I did a tremendous job hiring this guy. There are plenty of tax experts out there who didn’t know you can use capital losses to offset capital gains. Almost no one knows that. Except this guy. And me. I knew that, so I hired him. I did a tremendous job.ā€

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Is Trump A Tax Code Cheat Genius?

Certifiably.

jw1

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ā€œI did all the tax preparation. He never saw the product until it was presented to him for signature.ā€

I understand Mitnick was laid off when Trump outsourced his tax preparation to China.

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If only he would release his taxes so we could behold his genius firsthand. I’m sure they’re suitable for framing and, possibly, worthy of a permanent shrine/display at Wharton.

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Trump: Fine. I am still a genius in running a business and losing around $1 Billion. Who can say that in America? I did it at the time when Billion$$ meant something.

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Cheeto Donnie’s only ā€˜genius’ vis-a-vis the tax code is hiring accountants and lawyers…

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Some one needs to count all the tax laws/codes and figure out how many days/years it would take tRump to read, comprehend, discuss with appropriate committees, and get them changed/fixed.
I’m willing to be that tRump doesn’t have the stamina nor concentration to get through reading one law.

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uhhhh… Ooh! Ooh!
That’s because Donald already knew all the answers! Right?

Hey, has any member of the press actually asked Donnie a moderately difficult tax question with a clear simple answer that anyone who knows the tax system best could actually answer off the top of his head?

Say, a question off a test you’d need to pass to do taxes for H&R Block.

Y’know, to demonstrate his prowess. There should be no difficult with that, should there?

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Can’t wait to see how donald will be bragging after someone does brain surgery on him for the first time. 'Cause that experience alone will make him a top flight neurosurgeon. the best.

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I would love to hear that somebody in the town hall debate would ask trump detailed questions about the tax code. As in stuff only an expert would understand. I bet trump would deflect somehow and blame Hillary for rigging the debate.

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I believe this guy. After watching Trump for almost a year now, it’s clear he doesn’t sweat the details. He’s undoubtedly no tax expert.

Unfortunately, the position he’s running for requires a mastery of details. As such, he’s remarkably unsuited to be President. About the only thing he has going for him is his birth certificate.

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This could be meant a snark…

And yet, Hugh Hewitt used this as the main positive in the Trump campaign after Hewitt announced that ā€œPence won the debateā€.

Hewitt stated that Trump would say, in effect, that his selection of the (skillful) Pence at VP proved that, as President, he has the ability to select an outstanding team…thus making the case (to swing voters and undecideds) that (a) Trump should be elected and (b) there would be a massive upswing in Trump’s polling.

In itself, this meant little. Political factions are going to portray their situation in the best possible light.

I have mentioned elsewhere that the journalistic malpractice of Chris Mathews in rendering an ā€œobjectiveā€ analysis of the VP Debate as close to Hewitt’s nonsense as humanly possible was a shameful tarnishing of what’s left of his ā€œreputationā€.

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Dr. Ben Carson would give DT an A+, even if the patient died.

And then DT would blame Hillary.

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The extent of Trump’s tax code genius:

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He understands taxes better than accounts, war better than generals and brain surgery better than Ben Carson…ok …that last one is true…he he he…

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Here are the circumstances under which I’d consider Trump a genius:

  1. He prepared the taxes himself.
  2. He paid no taxes for 18 years.
  3. The IRS found nothing untoward about the returns.
  4. This was all based on personal income of $916 million.

That would be impressive.

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