US election 2016: Trump 'may have avoided paying tax for 18 years'

2nd October 2016

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A US newspaper says it has obtained documents showing tycoon Donald Trump declared a loss of more than $900m on his 1995 federal income tax return.

The New York Times says the loss was so large it may have enabled the Republican candidate to avoid paying tax for up to 18 years legally.

His campaign has refused to publish his tax returns and neither confirmed nor denied the scale of his losses.

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has made much of his tax record.

During an acrimonious first presidential debate on Monday, she forced him on to the defensive for...