Hillary Clinton Releases 2015 Tax Returns

Hillary Clinton today released her 2015 tax returns while running mate Sen. Tim Kaine released 10 years’ worth of his.

The information shows that she and husband Bill Clinton paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2 percent and an effective state and local tax rate of 9 percent, totaling a combined tax rate of 43.2 percent for last year, according to the Clinton campaign. For the federal taxes alone, the couple paid $3.6 million.

The Clintons' 2015 joint tax return shows that their adjusted gross income was $10.6 million. That marks a significant drop from the year before when their adjusted gross income was $24.9 million in 2014. The drop is largely because Hillary Clinton stopped giving paid speeches when she launched her presidential campaign.

The Clintons' 2015 joint tax return shows that their adjusted gross income was $10.6 million. That marks a significant drop from the year before when their adjusted gross income was $24.9 million in 2014. The drop is largely due to the fact that Hillary Clinton stopped giving paid speeches when she started running for president.

Kaine's returns show that he and his wife's combined effective federal, state and local tax rates ranged from 18.7 percent to 29.1 percent.

Clinton released her tax returns last year from 2007 to 2014. They are already listed on her campaign's website. Today's release is to include the 2015 returns on that list.

During the 2007 to 2014 period, Hillary Clinton paid roughly $57 million in federal and state taxes on an income of more than $140 million over those years. Clinton made most of her income after leaving the State Department by giving paid speeches averaging $250,000 each.

Because of her previous presidential run and her husband's presidential administrations, the couple has released their tax returns dating back to 1977 in the past.

Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to release his tax returns because he claims that he is under audit.

"There's nothing to learn from them," Trump told The Associated Press in an interview in May.

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