# Trump Organiation found to have evaded NY State taxes. Why haven't the Feds acted?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-organiation-found-to-have-evaded-ny-state-taxes-why-havent-the-feds-acted/978233>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [January 14, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-organiation-found-to-have-evaded-ny-state-taxes-why-havent-the-feds-acted/978233 "2023-01-14T20:31:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-organiation-found-to-have-evaded-ny-state-taxes-why-havent-the-feds-acted/978233/21 "2023-01-18T20:35:45Z")

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> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#):
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> It’s a triple hypothetical and unprovable either way, but even at that I find it really unconvincing. The most famous guy in the country is a proven tax cheat, and the problem is the budget?

He wasn’t a _proven tax cheat_ back then. That is a new thing.

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-organiation-found-to-have-evaded-ny-state-taxes-why-havent-the-feds-acted/978233/22 "2023-01-18T20:42:57Z")

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We are talking about why nothing has been done up to and including the present day.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-organiation-found-to-have-evaded-ny-state-taxes-why-havent-the-feds-acted/978233/23 "2023-01-18T20:47:54Z")

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I seem to remember that New York has a special law they used for this that greatly expedited all of this, allowing criminal charges for things that are usually civil. The Feds don’t have this law, most likely.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-organiation-found-to-have-evaded-ny-state-taxes-why-havent-the-feds-acted/978233/24 "2023-01-19T20:04:33Z")

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> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#):
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> We are talking about why nothing has been done up to and including the present day.

How long has the IRS have since the NY announcement? How long do you think a audit takes? How about the Statute of Limitations? Were the issues raised unique to NY state tax law?

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-organiation-found-to-have-evaded-ny-state-taxes-why-havent-the-feds-acted/978233/25 "2023-01-20T17:53:43Z")

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Who cares?

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