President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama released their
The vast majority of the familys 2009 income came from proceeds of the sale of the presidents best-selling books, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father.
The Obamas paid $1.79 million in federal income tax and donated $329,100 to 40 different charities, including $50,000 to CARE, $50,000 to the United Negro College Fund, and $20,000 to the Boys and Girls Club. In addition, the president donated his $1.4 million Nobel Prize funds to 10 charities. The president and first lady also released their Illinois income tax return and reported paying $163,303 in state income taxes.
The Tax Code provides that if the recipient of the Nobel Prize directs the Nobel Committee to donate the prize income directly to charity, as the president did, the recipient does not have to recognize the prize as income on his federal income tax return. Obama is not permitted to take a charitable deduction on the value of the prize since it is not included in his income.
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden also released their
The Bidens contributed $4,820 to charity, in both monetary and in-kind donations. Cash contributions included $500 to the National Guard Summer Camp, $340 to Westminster Presbyterian, $300 to the Brain Tumor Association and $300 to the University of Pennsylvania. They also donated an estimated $900 worth of clothing, shoes, dishes, furniture and other household goods to Goodwill.