Trump filed for an extension on his 'complicated' tax returns

Donald Trump.
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You may be scrambling to file your taxes today, but President Trump sure isn't.

He filed an extension on his 2017 tax return, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in statement Tuesday. He'll instead fill them out by the Oct. 15 deadline, per The New York Times. It's a repeat of last year, when Trump waited until June to file his extension.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.