That ' s absurd . Why ? <| sep |> Realistically , the man probably hasn ' t paid taxes in years and if he releases them everyone is gonna lose their minds . What the general public will fail to understand though is he lost almost a billion dollars which people love to point out in a year and this allows him legally to a tax break from these losses for up to 20 years . Its easier to just not release them than let the uneducated make rash claims about it and hurt his ratings for following the law . If you haven ' t heard of this look up carrybacks and carryforwards which were set up to help hurting businesses in times of losses <| sep |> Sorry if I sound progressive , but I really didn ' t mean anything by my original comment besides giving a fun fact . I don ' t give two shits what people are .