Joe, Jill Biden release tax return, showing $579,514 in income

America's first couple didn't do too badly last year, earning $579,514, although this was a good chunk less than the previous year, according to Joe and JillBiden's tax return, made public Tuesday.

Bidenhas restored a custom designed to demonstrate transparency at the White House, the most notable exception to the unwritten rule being his predecessor Donald Trump who consistently refused to release his annual income and tax report.

The president and first lady's joint return showed gross income of nearly $580,000 in 2022, which was $30,000 less than in the previous year's filing. Most of that income came fromBiden's standard presidential salary of $400,000, which is set by Congress.

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JillBiden, who teaches at Northern Virginia Community College and is the first presidential spouse to continue an outside paid job, earned $82,335.

They paid a federal tax rate of 23.8 percent, a notch down from last year's 24.6 percent, resulting in $137,658 in federal income tax.

They also paid $29,023 in income tax in their home state of Delaware, while the first lady paid $3,139 in Virginia income tax.

Donating more than $20,000 to charities, their biggest contribution was $5,000 to the BeauBidenFoundation, a charity combating child abuse and named after their son, who died in 2015.

The White House said thatBidenhas now made public 25 years of his tax returns, "once again demonstrating his commitment to being transparent with the American people about the finances of the commander-in-chief."

TheBidenWhite House's tax transparency is in stark contrast to the Trump era.

The lifelong businessman refused both as a candidate and once in office to allow the public to see his tax return, a document detailing all sources and amounts of income, among other financial records.

When several years of his returns were finally made public after a legal battle waged by Democrats in Congress, it emerged Trump was paying almost no income tax, due to business losses.

Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff reported in their tax returns a gross income of $456,918 and paying $93,570 in federal income tax, as well as $17,612 in income tax in their home state of California.

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