--- 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: 2026-02-23T00:24:34.227Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump on His Tax Returns: 'I Think People Don't Care'  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 6, 2016 2:17 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the American Legion Convention on Sept. 1, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the American Legion Convention on Sept. 1, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio.Aaron P. 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":"2026-02-23T00:24:34.227Z","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 topic"],"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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