I am getting a lot of questions on the audit / audits of Donald Trump’s taxes so this is a 🧵 on what my colleagues and I know. First off, Trump was facing two I.R.S audits that we know about when he was in the White House. The first audit started in 2009. It was over the legitimacy of a $72.9 million refund Donald Trump got that year. There’s a lot of detail on this audit in our 2020 investigation into his taxes. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

It seems like a good week to revisit some of the @nytimes notable stories on Donald Trump’s taxes / finances. Our first big article ran in 2016 with the revelation Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax return. Wow. 👀 nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us/… In 2018 we focused on the vast fortune Donald Trump inherited from his dad, and the tax fraud he engaged in to enhance it. Trump also hired real estate appraisers willing to low ball the value of family assets for personal gain. Sound familiar? 🤔nytimes.com/interactive/20…

1. N.Y. prosecutors looking into Donald Trump's businesses are about to get his tax returns and other financial records. The Times obtained Trump's tax return information in 2020 and there is plenty there for investigators to pursue. A thread 👉nytimes.com/2021/02/22/us/… 2. The consulting fees. Trump's taxes show unidentified consultants’ fees, some of which can be matched to payments received by Ivanka Trump. Were these payments legit / did her siblings also receive big consulting fees? See this story for details. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

JUST POSTED: The New York Times has obtained 10 years of previously unrevealed figures from Donald Trump's federal income-tax returns - from 1985 to 1994. Trump ran up $1.2 billion in core business losses in the decade we examined. LOTS here 👉 nytimes.com/interactive/20… We don’t have Donald Trump’s actual tax returns. Rather we obtained printouts from his official I.R.S. tax transcripts, with figures from his federal 1040, for 85 to 94. Here’s an explanation of our sourcing ->