Steph Solis

USA TODAY

A New York Times story saying Donald Trump declared a $916 million loss on his income in 1995 and could have used that to avoid paying taxes for up to 18 years has sparked a flurry of angry comments.

The Times said it hired tax experts to analyze a tax record from New York, as well as non-resident tax forms from New Jersey and Connecticut, the newspaper received anonymously.

The tax experts hired and interviewed said that under rules that benefit the wealthy, Trump could have used the major loss to "cancel out the equivalent amount of taxable income over an 18-year period." Having a limited number of records, and no confirmation or denial from Trump, the Times could not determine whether Trump has taken advantage of that.

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Both the Trump campaign and the Hillary Clinton campaign released statements commenting on the story, but the Internet has thoughts of its own on the subject. Where better to see it all than on Twitter?

Twitter speculates over the #LasttimeTrumpPaidTaxes.

Some push back against the haters (or were haters).

There were those who fired back with attacks on Clinton's history of service.

And some focused on the big picture.

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