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.
Sanders explained that Trump needed more time to finish his taxes just like "many Americans with complex returns."
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