US President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden have released their tax returns.
The presidential couple, according to a statement from the White House, earned $ 600,000 for 2021 and paid $ 150,439 in income tax, at a rate of 24.6%.
By deciding to publish their tax returns, the president and his wife - the first First Lady to keep her job as a lecturer - have resumed a tradition that dates back to the 1970s and was interrupted by Donald Trump.
As for Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, a lawyer, they reported an annual income of $ 1.6 million in 2021 and paid $ 523,371 in taxes.
The salary of an American president is about 400 thousand dollars a year, that of a vice president just over half, 235 thousand dollars.
(Unioneonline / D)
