Donald Trump says he pays "a little tax." | Getty Trump vows to release his tax returns

Donald Trump says his team is working on releasing his income tax returns.

“We're working on that now. I have big returns, as you know, and I have everything all approved and very beautiful and we'll be working that over in the next period of time,” the billionaire real estate developer and entertainer said Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press."


NBC host Chuck Todd also referenced a tweet from the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, that presidential candidates should release their tax returns before the first votes in the early caucus and primary states.

Trump, who is seeking the GOP presidential nomination, declined to give a timeline for releasing his returns, which he’d previously said he'd release only “when we find out the true story on Hillary [Clinton]’s emails.”

“But I will say this,” Trump said, “and I'm very proud to say it, I think the country is run horribly. I hate what they do with our money. And unlike everybody else, I try to pay as little tax as possible, because I hate what they do with my tax money.”

“It’s a little tax,” Trump said.