--- description: Hillary Clinton released her 2015 tax returns Friday, showing she paid $3,624,455 at a tax rate of 34.2%. title: Here's How Much Hillary Clinton Paid in Taxes Last Year image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf8c7cec7fd5ba4a/6988a22efb4eac3dfc88eba8/hillary-clinton-tax-statement-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How Much Hillary Clinton Paid in Taxes Last Year by [Ben Geier/Fortune](/author/ben-geierfortune/) ## Ben Geier/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2016 5:10 PM CUT  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a speech on the economy after touring Futuramic Tool and Engineering, in Warren, Mich. on Aug. 11, 2016. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a speech on the economy after touring Futuramic Tool and Engineering, in Warren, Mich. on Aug. 11, 2016.Andrew Harnik—AP by [Ben Geier/Fortune](/author/ben-geierfortune/) ## Ben Geier/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2016 5:10 PM CUT Hillary Clinton [released her 2015 tax returns Friday](http://time.com/4450445/clinton-releases-2015-tax-filing/?xid=homepage "undefined"), shedding light on her financial situation and putting even more pressure on her Republican opponent, [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4447985/inside-donald-trump-meltdown/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod "undefined"), to release his own tax returns. In 2015, Clinton paid a federal tax rate of 34.2% and a New York state rate of 9% for a total effective tax rate of 43.2%. Her tax rate has been above 40% every year since she left the state department in 2013. Clinton and her husband, Bill, claimed a total income of $10,745,378 in 2015, and paid federal taxes of $3,624,455. Her vice presidential running mate, Tim Kaine, also released his tax returns Friday for the years 2006-2015\. Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, paid a federal tax rate of 20.3% and a state tax rate of 5.4% in 2015, for a total of 25.6%. They earned $313,441, and paid $63,626 in federal income taxes. Clinton had already released her tax returns for the years 2001-2014. Trump has so far refused to release his tax returns, claiming he can’t do it while he’s under audit by the IRS. Some have theorized—including the [New York](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/business/how-much-does-donald-trump-pay-in-taxes-it-could-be-zero.html "undefined")[ _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/business/how-much-does-donald-trump-pay-in-taxes-it-could-be-zero.html "undefined")_’_ James B. Stewart Friday—that his refusal could be because Trump doesn’t actually pay any taxes. But that’s not uncommon for real estate developers, who have [a number of ways to avoid taxes](http://fortune.com/2016/08/05/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-donald-trumps-tax-returns/ "undefined"), via legitimate deductions that aren’t available to people who work for a company. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4450506/hillary-clinton-tax-returns-2015/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4450506/hillary-clinton-tax-returns-2015/"},"headline":"Here's How Much Hillary Clinton Paid in Taxes Last Year","datePublished":"2016-08-12T17:10:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:57:24.891Z","description":"She released her returns, pressuring Donald Trump to do the same","url":"https://time.com/4450506/hillary-clinton-tax-returns-2015/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf8c7cec7fd5ba4a/6988a22efb4eac3dfc88eba8/hillary-clinton-tax-statement-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ben Geier/Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ben-geierfortune/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf8c7cec7fd5ba4a/6988a22efb4eac3dfc88eba8/hillary-clinton-tax-statement-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a speech on the economy after touring Futuramic Tool and Engineering, in Warren, Mich. on Aug. 11, 2016.","creditText":"Andrew Harnik—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4450506/hillary-clinton-tax-returns-2015/","name":"Here's How Much Hillary Clinton Paid in Taxes Last Year"}}]}] ```