In a tax return shared with The New York Times, Gillibrand stated that she earned $167,634 from her salary and an additional $50,000 through a book that she reported as business income. She paid $29,170 in federal taxes.
Gillibrand, who is currently at the bottom of the polls, recorded a video touting the disclosure of her taxes as a step toward political transparency. She has made a practice of releasing her tax returns annually since 2012, when she posted her records going back to 2007. The latest disclosure may signal her intention to make transparency a central theme in her current campaign.
In her video, Gillibrand urged voters to “join me in calling on every presidential candidate to disclose their taxes.”
The release of Gillibrand’s taxes may increase pressure on the other Democrats running for president to be open about their personal finances. With the exception of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has released a decade of her tax returns — though not yet for 2018 — none of the major Democratic presidential candidates has given the public more than a highly selective look at their personal taxes. (Some candidates may not yet have completed their 2018 taxes, which are due April 15.)
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, currently the leading declared candidate in the Democratic field, released only one year of tax information when he ran for president in 2016. He said after announcing his campaign in February that he would release 10 years of tax returns “soon,” but he has yet to provide them or set a deadline for doing so.
The issue of tax transparency has risen in importance for Democratic voters since the 2016 election, when President Donald Trump refused to share his tax returns with the public, becoming the first presidential nominee in decades to flout the tradition.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.