--- title: Donald Trump: Warren Buffett Fires Back on Tax Comment description: Billionaire Warren Buffett released some of his personal tax information in response to Donald Trump's attacks on his tax payments canonical: https://time.com/4525394/warren-buffett-donald-trump-tax-presidential-debate/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T17:40:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:06:41.479Z article:section: Politics og:title: Warren Buffett Fires Back at Donald Trump on Taxes og:description: "I have paid federal income tax every year since 1944, when I was 13" og:url: https://time.com/4525394/warren-buffett-donald-trump-tax-presidential-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt251bc8b0d2a3f86f/6988a96d196cf430c003d848/gettyimages-540179188.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: gettyimages-540179188 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Warren Buffett Fires Back at Donald Trump on Taxes twitter:description: "I have paid federal income tax every year since 1944, when I was 13" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt251bc8b0d2a3f86f/6988a96d196cf430c003d848/gettyimages-540179188.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Warren Buffett Fires Back at Donald Trump on Taxes ## Video: The Biggest Moments from the Second Presidential Debate [Watch (HLS stream): The Biggest Moments from the Second Presidential Debate](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0oFylqsH.m3u8) (3:19)  _Published 2016-10-10. The two candidates face off in the second of three presidential debates._ by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 10, 2016 5:40 PM CUT  Warren Buffet participates in a discussion during the White House Summit on the United State Of Women in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2016. Warren Buffet participates in a discussion during the White House Summit on the United State Of Women in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2016.Alex Wong—2016 Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 10, 2016 5:40 PM CUT Billionaire Warren Buffett released some of his personal tax information in response to [Donald Trump’s attack on his tax deductions](http://time.com/4524739/debate-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ "undefined") and criticized the Republican nominee for not sharing his own tax returns. During Sunday’s presidential debate, Trump said, “Warren Buffett took a massive deduction,” while Trump defended his own reported $916 million loss in 1995 that may have allowed him to [avoid paying federal income taxes](http://time.com/4515840/donald-trump-tax-records-loss/ "undefined") for years. Buffett fired back on Monday, saying Trump “has not seen my income tax returns. But I am happy to give him the facts.” “I have paid federal income tax every year since 1944, when I was 13,” Buffett said in a statement that [detailed his tax information](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161010005859/en/Tax-Facts-Donald-Trump "undefined") from 2015\. “I have copies of all 72 of my returns and none uses a carryforward.” Buffett, who supports Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, challenged Trump to release his tax returns. “I have been audited by the IRS multiple times and am currently being audited,” Buffett said. “I have no problem in releasing my tax information while under audit. Neither would Mr. Trump—at least he would have no _legal_ problem.” Trump, the only major party nominee since 1980 to not release tax returns, has repeatedly blamed an ongoing IRS audit as a reason for his delay, although the IRS has said there is no restriction on releasing tax returns under audit. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4525394/warren-buffett-donald-trump-tax-presidential-debate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4525394/warren-buffett-donald-trump-tax-presidential-debate/"},"headline":"Warren Buffett Fires Back at Donald Trump on Taxes","datePublished":"2016-10-10T17:40:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:06:41.479Z","description":"\"I have paid federal income tax every year since 1944, when I was 13\"","url":"https://time.com/4525394/warren-buffett-donald-trump-tax-presidential-debate/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Election 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt251bc8b0d2a3f86f/6988a96d196cf430c003d848/gettyimages-540179188.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt251bc8b0d2a3f86f/6988a96d196cf430c003d848/gettyimages-540179188.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"gettyimages-540179188","caption":"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Warren Buffet participates in a discussion during the White House Summit on the United State Of Women June 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. 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