Bidens report earnings of over $600,000 for tax year 2021
By DW
19 April 2022 |
10:21 am
The US President and his wife reported having paid $150,439 in taxes for 2021. This is equivalent to a tax rate of 24.6%. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband earned over $1.6 million during the same period.
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