--- title: Donald Trump on His Tax Returns: 'I Think People Don't Care' description: Donald Trump said he doesn't think voters care about his tax returns, which he has not yet released, in spite of a decades-old tradition canonical: https://time.com/4479862/donald-trump-tax-returns-think-people-dont-care/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-06T14:17:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:40.621Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump on His Tax Returns: 'I Think People Don't Care' og:description: A majority of voters think it's important to release them, a recent poll found og:url: https://time.com/4479862/donald-trump-tax-returns-think-people-dont-care/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb30f45229d30dc4/6988a4e12dce012c659ea8c7/donald-trump-taxes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Addresses The American Legion Convention og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump on His Tax Returns: 'I Think People Don't Care' twitter:description: A majority of voters think it's important to release them, a recent poll found twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb30f45229d30dc4/6988a4e12dce012c659ea8c7/donald-trump-taxes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump on His Tax Returns: 'I Think People Don't Care' > Sponsored content. 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Bernstein/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 6, 2016 2:17 PM UTC Donald Trump said he [doesn’t think voters care](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-donald-trump-people-dont-care-tax-returns/story?id=41879674) about his tax returns, which he has not yet released, despite receiving [heavy criticism](http://time.com/4434785/warren-buffett-donald-trump-tax-returns/) for bucking a decades-old [presidential tradition](http://time.com/4326267/donald-trump-presidential-tax-returns-list/). “As far as my taxes are concerned, the only one that cares is the press, I will tell you. And even the press, I’ll tell you, it’s not a big deal,” Trump said in an [interview with ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-donald-trump-people-dont-care-tax-returns/story?id=41879674) on Monday. “I think people don’t care.” But a majority of voters think it’s either very important or somewhat important for candidates to release their returns, according to a [new Monmouth University poll](http://time.com/4470908/donald-trump-tax-returns-poll/) published last week. Seated beside Trump during the interview, Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said he will [release his own tax returns](http://time.com/4478819/mike-pence-tax-returns-release/) this week. “I’m releasing my tax returns, Donald Trump will release his tax returns,” Pence [said](https://twitter.com/GMA/status/773117626113413120). “I’ll give mine to y’all this week, and he’s going to provide his after a routine audit is done.” **Read more:** [5 Things You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s Tax Returns](http://time.com/4441399/donald-trump-tax-returns/) Trump has repeatedly said he will release his tax returns after the IRS completes a “routine audit,” but his campaign has also said that might not be before the November election. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, both [released their tax returns](http://time.com/4450445/clinton-releases-2015-tax-filing/) in early August. “When the audit is done, I’ll release them,” Trump said in Monday’s interview. “I don’t know when that’s gonna be, it could be soon, it could be not.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4479862/donald-trump-tax-returns-think-people-dont-care/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4479862/donald-trump-tax-returns-think-people-dont-care/"},"headline":"Donald Trump on His Tax Returns: 'I Think People Don't Care'","datePublished":"2016-09-06T14:17:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:40.621Z","description":"A majority of voters think it's important to release them, a recent poll found","url":"https://time.com/4479862/donald-trump-tax-returns-think-people-dont-care/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb30f45229d30dc4/6988a4e12dce012c659ea8c7/donald-trump-taxes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb30f45229d30dc4/6988a4e12dce012c659ea8c7/donald-trump-taxes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Addresses The American Legion Convention","caption":"Donald Trump Addresses The American Legion Convention","creditText":"Aaron P. 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