Trump could be on the hook for taxes on his $1.8 billion 'Weaponization Fund' - POLITICO

Payments from the fund, which officially totals $1.776 billion, could also be taxable for recipients, who could include people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Plus, Trump might face problems with the gift tax, which donors can face on large transfers of money or property...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/28/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-big-tax-bill-00938957

 

Trump engaged in suspect tax schemes as he reaped riches from his father - The New York Times

The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today's dollars from his father's real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html

Your Money: New U.S. gift tax strategies could alter giving - Reuters

Get a big check from a wealthy great aunt every year for your birthday? Parents buying you a car? Grandparents paying for private school tuition? ....
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-money-estates-gifts/your-money-new-u-s-gift-tax-strategies-could-alter-giving-idUSKCN1GQ2EA

Here’s How Trump Transferred Wealth to His Son While Avoiding the Usual Taxes -- ProPublica

In April 2016, as Donald Trump was on the cusp of clinching the Republican nomination for the White House, he sold two luxury condos near Manhattan's Central Park for less than half the price his company had said they were worth. The lucky buyer: Trump's son, Eric. ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/heres-how-trump-transferred-wealth-to-his-son-while-avoiding-usual-taxes