A petition launched by Steven Gill, a resident of Austin in
Texas, United States of America (USA) which is currently trending online with over 400 supporters, have demanded that the Republican presidential flagbearer, Mr. Donald Trump should release his tax returns, reports ITRealms.
Just at the weekend, his counterpart at Democratic party,
Senator Hillary Clinton made public her tax returns in the last one year, in a move to force Trump
to release his tax returns despite claims that Trump said he donates to charity
than Clinton.
According to the petition, which as addressed to the U.S.
Republic National Committee and Federal Elections Commission (FEC),
respectively, Mr. Gill asked Donald Trump to release his tax returns, has attracted
over 400 supporters within a few minutes of setting it up at Change.org. on
Saturday, August 13, 2016.
For Mr. Gill, every U.S. Presidential candidate since
Richard Nixon has voluntarily released copies of their tax returns to the
public so that voters could assess the amount and sources of income, taxes
paid, charitable contributions and other data which could affect their propensity
to elect them.
He lamented that despite this historical path, Donald Trump
has refused to do same, claiming this might affect audits of his returns
currently underway.
“This claim, on its face, is absurd, since he would simply
be releasing information the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) already has. No
new information would be disclosed,” Mr. Gill argued.
He, therefore, insisted that the Republican presidential
candidate, Trump, follows the trend of politics in the United States and make
his tax returns public.
“We should insist that Mr. Trump adhere to the same custom
as past Presidential candidates, and encourage the FEC to make tax return
disclosure a requirement in future elections.
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