Obama's tax return: By the numbers

The Obamas earned $6 million last year and paid $2 million in income taxes. Those aren't the only interesting figures in their IRS forms

Barack Obama.
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Just in time for the April 15 deadline, Barack and Michelle Obama have filed their 2009 tax returns. Made public and posted online by the White House, the documents offer Americans an unfiltered look at the first family's finances — including nearly $6 million dollars in income from the president's two best-selling books. Here, some other notable figures from the POTUS's 1040:

$5,505,409

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