Thursday, April 17, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama yesterday released his 2007 tax return. For the first time (perhaps after reading Why Didn't Obama Save for Retirement?), the Obamas contributed the maximum $45,000 to a SEP-IRA to shelter some of their book royalties. Here are the key figures from the Obamas' 2007 tax return, as well as the comparable figures from their 2000-2006 returns (previously blogged here):

Here are the comparable figures from Hillary Clinton's 2000-2007 tax returns (previously blogged here):

For press and blogosphere coverage of Obama's 2007 tax return, see:

https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2008/04/obama-releases.html