Trump's 12 Years of Audits 'Very Unusual,' Ex-IRS Agent Says
- Agency's review doesn't preclude him from releasing returns
- Pressure could mount as GOP rivals plan their own releases
Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after a debate in Houston on Feb. 25, 2016
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Donald Trump’s disclosure that his tax returns have been under review by the Internal Revenue Service for the past 12 years reflects a “very unusual” level of scrutiny by tax authorities, according to a former Internal Revenue Service agent who now works as an accountant for wealthy people.
“He signed his name to a return in which the IRS is finding problems for the past 12 years,” said Alan Olsen, the managing partner of Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co. LLP, an accounting firm in Fremont and Palo Alto, California that caters to wealthy Silicon Valley clients.