巴菲特打臉川普 大方公佈自己納税記錄

Mr Buffett said he had paid income tax every year since 1944 following Mr Trump’s assertion that he had taken a "massive deduction" during Sunday’s TV debate with Democrat Hillary Clinton.

在上週日的總統電視辯論中，川普聲稱巴菲特得到了“大量減税”，而隨後巴菲特則表示説他從1944年以來，每年都繳納了個人所得税。

In 1995, Mr Trump claimed losses of $916m (736m pound) to reduce his tax burden.

1995年，川普聲稱自己虧損了9.16億美元(約合7.36億英鎊)，從而減小自己的税務負擔。

There is no evidence he did anything illegal.

沒有證據顯示川普做了任何違法的事。

Mr Trump was asked during the debate by moderator Anderson Cooper if he had taken advantage of the "carryforward" rule, which allows businesspeople to offset a big loss incurred one year against income made in subsequent years for tax purposes.

在總統辯論中，主持人安德森·庫珀詢問川普是否利用了“虧損預報措施”，這一條例使得商人可以用某一年的鉅額虧損來抵消隨後幾年的應納税額。

"Of course I do. Of course I do, and so do all of her donors, or most of her donors," he said, referring to Mrs Clinton’s supporters, before going on to name Mr Bufffett.

川普説道：“我當然這樣做啦。我的確這樣做了，希拉里所有或者至少大部分捐助者們也這樣做了。”川普在迴應中指出了希拉里的支持者，但是那時還沒有説出巴菲特的名字。

Mr Buffett said he had never taken advantage of the carryforward rule, in a statement on Monday.

在週一的一份聲明中，巴菲特表示他從未利用過虧損預報措施這一便利。

"I have paid federal income tax every year since 1944, when I was 13. I have copies of all 72 of my returns and none uses a carryforward," he said.

他説道：“從1944年以來我每年都繳納了聯邦個人所得税，那時我才13歲。我保存着這72年來所有的納税憑證，都未使使用過虧損預報措施。”

Mr Buffett said his 2015 federal income tax payment had been $1.8m after calculating gross income of $11.5m from which deductions of $5.5m, including $3.5m of charitable donations, were then subtracted. He also said he had given away a further $2.85bn to charity.

據巴菲特稱，他2015年的全部個人所得為1150萬美元，減去包括350萬美元慈善捐贈在內的550萬資金之後，他一共繳納了180萬美元的聯邦個人所得税。巴菲特還表示他將進一步向慈善機構捐贈28.5億美元的資金。

He suggested Mr Trump make his own tax details public, something the Republican candidate has so far refused to do.

巴菲特還建議川普公佈他自己的詳細納税記錄，此前川普曾一直拒絕這一要求。

"I have no problem in releasing my tax information while under audit. Neither would Mr Trump - at least he would have no legal problem," Mr Buffett said.

巴菲特説道：“我完全可以向審計公佈我的納税信息。而川普則不可能這樣做--至少他不會有法律問題。”

Mrs Clinton has released her 2015 tax return, showing that she and her husband Bill paid a 34% rate of federal tax and a 9% rate of state tax on a total income of $10.5m.

希拉里已經公佈了她2015年的納税信息，數據顯示希拉里和其丈夫比爾·克林頓2015年共收入1050萬美元，他們為此一共支付了34%的聯邦税和9%的州税。