The West Palm Beach protesters plan to start at Trump Plaza in West Palm Beach about noon and march the roughly three miles to the entrance to Mar-A-Lago resort. | AP Photo Activists plan 'Tax March' to Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort Saturday to demand he release tax returns Part of marches being held in Washington, D.C., nationwide.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Activists in Florida are staging a march Saturday afternoon to President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in South Florida to demand he make public his income tax returns, something he’s refused to do as a candidate and as president.

It is part of "Tax Marches" planned in Washington, D.C. and across the country on Saturday, and timed with next Tuesday’s deadline for millions of Americans to file their annual tax returns. More than a dozen Tax Marches alone are planned in Florida, from Pensacola to Miami Beach.


The West Palm Beach protesters plan to start at Trump Plaza in West Palm Beach about noon and march the roughly three miles to the entrance to Mar-A-Lago resort, where Trump is spending the Easter weekend.

South Florida march organizers, For Florida’s Future and Tax March, say Trump “owes the American people answers” to whether the president is indebted to foreign nationals or if any of his business relationships violate the Emoluments Clause, which they and others say prohibits Trump-owned businesses from receiving gifts from foreign governments.

“Who are his policies really intended to benefit — the American people or his business relationships?” organizers said in a statement announcing the march. “If Trump has nothing to hide, it’s time for him to be transparent with voters and release his tax returns.”

During his presidential campaign and following his election last November, Trump has repeatedly said he would not release his tax returns publicly because he says he’s under audit by the Internal Revenue Service. He's also said that the only people interested in viewing his returns are the media — not the American public.

Asked at a Jan. 11 news conference about releasing his tax returns, Trump replied: “I won; I became president. I don’t think they care at all. I think you care.”

Some media outlets have obtained some of Trump’s tax returns. Last fall, the New York Times reported that Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns. More recently, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow gave viewers a look at two pages of Trump’s 2005 returns showing the billionaire businessman then paid $38 million in federal income taxes on reported income of $150 million.

Other groups taking part in the Palm Beach march are South Florida Activism, Women’s March Florida, Rise Up!, and Indivisible South Florida.

Organizers in Florida also plan a march in Orlando, where they will go from Lake Eola to Sen. Marco Rubio’s Senate office. Joining them: Orange County Tax Collector Scott Randolph and Chardo Richardson, president of the ACLU of Florida Central Chapter.

Another protest in South Florida, beginning at 9:30 a.m., is planned by Tax March at Trump Hollywood, a condo building at 2711 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood.