2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you know a really rich person? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)had to pay more than he owed in order to live up to his claim that he never paid less than 13.5% of his income. Of course, he had also claimed that he never paid a cent more than he owed, so he had to pick which claim to belie. Given his hundreds of millions, that makes Nixon look good.
However, he did attempt either a tax scam on Utah or an electoral scam on Massachusetts, by claiming to be a Utah resident for purposes of playing a lower state tax and, during the same time perio, claiming to have been a Massachusetts resident for purposes of running for Governor. And, it was kind of obvious that he knew he was scamming because he did not check that he was a Utah resident or not. He left that part blank. He just paid the right amount for a Utah resident.
This came out when someone challenged his residency for purposes of running for Governor. What he did was pay Utah the difference and the Democrats in Massachusetts let him run.