Losses in 1995, which may have allowed him to avoid paying personal income tax for 18 years. We are asking our viewers whether Donald Trumps tax History Matters to you. Does his background as a businessman make a difference in how you would you those returns . If you are a donald trump supporter, 202 7488001. HIllary Clinton supporters, 202 7488000. Thirdparty supporter, 202 7488002. If you are undecided, 202 7488003. You can catch up with us on social media, on twitter, on facebook. A very good sunday morning to you. Were taking you right to the lead story in the New York Times. Declared a 916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years. Records obtained by the New York Times noted that although Donald Trumps taxable income is yet unknown, a 916 million loss in 1995 would have been large enough to write off for the 50 million a year in taxable income over 18 years. The story going on to note on the inside page along with pictures of income tax returns from 1995, fragmentary as they are, they nonetheless provide new insight into Donald Trumps finances, and it a subject of intense scrutiny. The emphasizes his Business Record during the president ial campaign. 1995an see a copy of the resident income tax return that was obtained by the New York Times. Million. 913 a little more than that. We want to hear your thoughts this morning. We are going through that story by the New York Times. The efforts to verify those documents, that story making its own headlines in other papers this morning. Here is the front page of todays daily news. Loss 916 million in 95, couldnt skip tax on 50 million for 18 years. Politico what they headline, also using that term bombshell. Bombshell reports on Donald Trumps taxes, gop nominee really. It puts exclamation point. To intensify focus on his returns. Were talking about those returns and how much they matter to you as somebody who is voting, who is watching this president ial election. We have phone line numbers for donald Trump Supporters, 202 7488001. HIllary Clinton supporters, 202 7488000. Thirdparty supporters, 202 7488002. If you are undecided, 202 7488003. We will start with keith from chicago illinois. A third clinton supporter. Good morning. Caller good morning. It really matters to me a lot. Here is why. The person that performs the tax code needs to make sure they are not using it themselves. Release your taxes. Another billionaire you would describe as the queen of mean, she was from the 1990s. Her whole empire crumbled after aremade a statement, taxes for the Little People. That is when she was called queen of mean. I find it off that donald trump were insulted by this woman who also broke the law, but are now championing a guy and once morexes tax cuts for the wealthy. That line for donald Trump Supporters. Mark, good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Donald johnson history does not matter to me. This was back in 1995. He is looking out for the people. What bothers me more than the christian Times Newspaper article yesterday, breaking tens of thousands of clinton votes found in ohio warehouse. You can find that on the internet, yesterday in the christian Times Newspaper. You dont hear anything about that. You dont hear anything about hillary and her only giving 10 of the money she was given. How does anyone gets a hold of this kind of Tax Information anyway . I am a little lost. How does this happen . Is this a trick . That is addressed in the New York Times story. Three pages from what appeared to be mr. Trumps 1995 tax returns, they were mailed last month to a reporter at the times who has written about Donald Trumps chances in the past. The documents were the first pages of a new york state resident income tax return, the first page of an eu gently of a new jersey and connecticut nonresident income tax return. Only the new jersey forms had what appeared to be there signatures. They arrived i mail at the times with a postmark indicating that they had been sent from new york city. The return address claimed the envelope had been sent from trump tower. That is according to the story. Also noting that tax experts consulted by the times said nothing in the documents suggest trump,ngdoing from mr. Even the extraordinary size of the loss he declared would have extra screenacted from irs examiners at the time. We want to hear your thoughts. This story is making headlines this morning. Richmond, virginia, a clinton supporter. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Caller hi all care about Donald Trumps taxes. I dont care about the emails. I dont care about any of the garbage that is being spewed over the airways. It is a disruption of what we need to know about. I think every moment that donald trump can keep these types of issues in front of everybody, it keeps us from really understanding what he really knows about running the country, being a good person, being a good example for the United States of america. Every moment that he can keep all these issues in the headlines host you think you would rather talk about his tax returns . Caller he does not want to talk about it. He wants to call names. He wants to keep controversy going because that keeps us from getting to policy and ideas in his ability to do something other than build walls and talk about people and call names and spew hatred. Host back to the line for donald Trump Supporters. Nina is in florida. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. You are on washington journal. Caller i support donald trump. Im tired of people talking about his taxes from 20 years ago. HIllary Clinton has had corruption for the last 30 years. I do not care about his taxes. He was a private citizen then. Im going to vote for him. If all they can dig up is something from 20 years ago, they have a real problem. Thank you. Bye. Host here is Donald TrumpsResidential Campaign response that was sent through the New York Times. Response in the full alongside a story they wrote today. The Donald Trump Campaign says that the only news here is a more than 20yearold alleged tax document was illegally obtained, further demonstration that establishment media in general is an extension of the clinton campaign. They go on to say that mr. Trump is a highly skilled businessman who has fiduciary responsibility to his business, family, and his employees to pay no more taxes than legally required. That said, mr. Trump has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes, city taxes, estate taxes, and federal taxes along with charitable contributions. Mr. Trump knows the tax code better than anyone was ever run for president and is the only one that knows how to fix it. We get your responses this morning. Randall tom, maryland, good morning. That losses huge. How can someone claim that he wants to make America Great by not paying any [indiscernible] bankruptcy, tax evasion. [indiscernible] no experience. [indiscernible] the Clinton Foundation has been rated aaa. A good business. Money to payion for illegal taxes. This is huge. The only way this can be solved this by releasing his tax returns. Host roberto is a donald trump supporter from here in washington, d. C. Caller good morning to you. Here is the point, we dont care about Donald Trumps taxes because he himself said it. It is a matter for anybody, including you, if you take the and can make it so you pay no taxes at all or very little, that is what people do. That is what smart people do. You have to pay your taxes and you send your income tax share to the government to do what . Two paper what . To pay for illegal people to cross the border and for illegal people who are here already when the worry should be what to do with the next 20 Million People who will follow if Hillary Clinton is elected. Referring to what he said it at the debate on monday night . Caller hear me out. You let they told him, these people in this way and this way. That is what you do. You have the possibility to declare bankruptcy and get away with it and not pay everybody or pay whatever, you will do it. There are many people with businesses who might have been legal or illegal who do that all the time. Over and over. They get away with this. They take advantage of the law. I dont think this is the issue. 15 Million People, illegal people will be coming. They will use mrs. Clinton will use your tax dollars, your tax dollars to taken the that , all of them so not host the issue of taxes came up during the debate on monday. We want to play a little bit from that exchange to remind our viewers what was said. [video clip] seemmittee you can go and nearly 40 years of our tax returns. Everyone has done it. We know the irs has made clear there is no prohibition on releasing it when you are under audit. You have to ask yourself, why welty releases tax returns wont he released his tax returns . Maybe he is not as rich as he says he is. Maybe he is not as charitable as he claims to be. Third, we dont know all of his business dealings, but we have been told through investigative reporting that he owes about 600 million to wall street ranks. Maybe it is not want all of you watching tonight that he is paid nothing in federal taxes because the only years anybody has ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state attorneys when he needed a casino license and they shall he did not pay any federal income tax. Me smart. Paying 04ans he is troops, veterans, schools. I think he is probably not all that enthusiastic about having the rest of our country see what the real reasons are. It must be something really important, even terrible that he is trying to hide. Clintonat was hillary at the debate on monday night. A Vice President ial debate coming up this week. We are wondering whether you think Donald Trumps tax History Matters. Do you want to see more of it . Does his record as a businessman change how you would view those tax documents . Comments on our twitter feed this morning. Robert wright said, there is no story here. He abided by the tax laws. Dont blame the ones who take legitimate advantage of the tax laws. Congress makes them. Change the laws. If you do not pay tax in 18 years, he probably has a good tax attorney, but does he pay him . Donald trump is not the girly and businessman he claims to be. He is finished. And a tweet, i dont care. I care about deleted emails. Benghazi videos, but foundation. Some of the comments on our twitter feed this morning. Twitter and facebook. Com. Supporters,ton donald Trump Supporters, thirdparty, and undecided. Math is in Tampa Florida on the line for an supporters. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Thank you for cspan. I just think that Donald Trumps response to this latest story is emblematic of the entire campaign as a whole. Whenever something comes out that is utterly truthful about the Trump Campaign, he has said his foundation spent 250,000 to cover his own legal fees or spent charitable money on a 20,000 portrait of himself. They will immediately backlash by saying it is the dishonest media, and that the media is spinning this to attack trump. Meanwhile, there is a lucrative conspiratorial market of millions of people who dig up any ridiculous conspiracy and scandal they can find against Hillary Clinton, even when there is no evidence or no probable proof towards it. She had an earpiece. There are millions of people who thinks she has parkinsons devicesand is wearing to keep her from shaking. The divide in this country, for some reason, Trump Supporters refuse to believe anything that incriminate their candidate, they pick up any scrap of evidence. Host does a story like this make any difference in this Campaign Cycle . Caller i think it should. Whether it does or not, i am not sure. I think the fact that donald trump has made thihis career asa some howntertainer has made him immune to the same criticism that is lobbied against Hillary Clinton. I think especially in this antielitist, antipolitician times where Everyone Wants an outsider, Bernie Sanders or donald trump, people will believe whatever they can against an insider like Hillary Clinton, even if it is completely ridiculous versus an outsider like donald trump. Host that was matt from florida. Jerry from nebraska, donald trump supported. Go ahead. Are you with us this morning . You have to stick by your phone, jerry. Tom is in idaho on that line for undecided. Good morning. You are on washington journal. Caller his taxes dont matter to me washington journal, his taxes dont matter to me. Only the politician would think that paying more taxes is a good thing because only politicians benefit when they give it out to their friends who put them in office. It is totally absurd. He is an outsider. That is why the media cannot stand him. That is why the Republican Party cannot stand him. I dont necessarily like him. I will probably vote or johnson. HIllary Clinton is the devil. That woman has been a liar and a complete disaster and every position she has ever held. The media continually looks the other way and does whatever he can to keep her up and question narrative that makes her look push a narrative that makes her look as good as possible. They dont want to talk about how she stole the primary from Bernie Sanders. When donald trump says it is a rate system, it has been that way for years. We pay trillions of dollars in National Debt buying and selling politicians like loaves of bread. If we had a Viable Third Party in the nation, we would have two. They have divided us and put us against one another for so long that we act like there is a difference between the republicans and democrats, and there really is not. Not to stray too far from the question, but why do you think we dont have a Viable Third Party . Why hasnt it happened . Caller the tea party almost made it. They were coopted, but by the republicans. That is why the Republican Party is breaking apart at the seams. They thought they could corrupt these honest americans who care about our nation, care about our constitution, are willing to fight and die for it. Buy them off and make them part of the system. No. That is why the Republican Party is going to die after this election cycle. Donald trump was chosen not because he was a good man, but because he is not one of them. I dont want him running my country because i am afraid of him. Im less afraid of him that i am of Hillary Clinton. Thank you for taking my call, cspan. Youre the only honest journalism on television. Host the lead story in the New York Times. On this issuetion on a 1995 tax return and a lost their mean 18 years of potentially no federal tax payments. Here is the explanation from that area. The most important revelation is just how much mr. Trump may have benefited on the tax provision that is particularly prized by americas dynastic families, which like the drums, hold their wealth within byzantine networks of limited liability corporations, it is known as the next operating loss net operating loss. If losses are big enough, they can cancel taxes paid out and earlier years. They could also wipe out taxable income earned in the three years before and the 15 years after the loss. Headlines about essentially 18 years of taxes that may have not been paid, federal taxes because that loss was so big, 916 million was the loss that was claimed from 1995. Were talking about this story this money. John is a Hillary Clinton supporter from philadelphia, pennsylvania. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for having my call. I have quite a few things. First of all, what you are putting up right now, 916 million lost by donald trump in his taxes. I guess he does not have to pay federal taxes. If you make that much mistakes in your business, i could see you forgiven. Anyway, this is a pony show with clinton and trump this time around. I want to know how hillary is going to fix what bill messed up by signing that agreement with mexico and canada and giving all of our jobs away. How will she reversed that . That is the most important thing she has to do. As for donald trump, all the words out of his mouth are really what he is about. As it comes back to you, karma. Things in that nature. Fixes hillary wins and this messed up country. Stripping one agency from another to pay for another to pay for another. It is not working that way. We have to get on solid ground and maybe start over somehow. Host lets hear from a donald trump supported. John is in order. Good morning.