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As Americans were filing their taxes this week, Sen. Brad Hoylman and other New York state lawmakers were touting a series of bills that would force any presidential candidate to disclose their tax returns if they want to be an eligible candidate in New York. One of Hoylman’s bills (S.2271) […]
For the first time in more than a generation, a sitting president has refused to release his tax returns to the public, even as a candidate. Former President Richard Nixon began the tradition for presidents to do so in 1969, and in 1973 Nixon told reporters, “People have […]
Public support is growing for a law that requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns as a condition for appearing on the ballot Legislation requiring presidential candidates to release their five most recent federal tax returns as a prerequisite for appearing on a ballot in New York […]
The Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public Act would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to disclose five years of federal income tax returns in order to appear on the ballot in New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, has drafted legislation that would require presidential candidates to submit their […]