Joe and Jill Biden publish their tax returns
For the president and the First Lady 600 thousand dollars in 2021
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)
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