Authorities are reviewing a New York Times investigative report that found Donald Trump and his family engaged in fraud and other schemes to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.

The Times on Tuesday published documents and a detailed report on Trump’s efforts in the 1990s to avoid paying millions in gift and estate taxes. Trump received at least $413 million from his father Fred Trump’s real estate empire, much of which went untaxed, the Times reported.

A spokesperson for New York’s Department of Taxation and Finance told BuzzFeed News that officials were reviewing the newly revealed information on Trump’s finances.

“The Tax Department is reviewing the allegations in the NYT article and is vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation,” spokesperson James Gazzale said.



Mayor Bill de Blasio added he had directed the city's finance department to work with state officials to determine if appropriate taxes had been paid.

"The City of New York is looking to recoup any money that Donald Trump owes the people of New York City, period," de Blasio said in a statement. "And we will work with the State to look under every stone because... that’s money that could be going to veterans, could be going to seniors, and could be going to kids that he should’ve paid in taxes and didn’t. We’re going to go pursue that with vigor."

The IRS declined to comment on the New York Times report, citing its policy of not confirming or commenting on individual taxpayers’ cases.



On Wednesday, Sen. Ron Wyden — the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee — asked the IRS to investigate if Trump had committed fraud.

"These media reports represent serious and credible allegations of potentially illegal tax fraud, based on extensive documentation," Wyden wrote.