
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have submitted a joint income statement for 2021, the document is posted on the White House website.
The spouses' gross income was more than $610,000, and the amount of income tax paid was over $150,000, that is, the effective federal income tax rate for them was 24.6%. The United States has a progressive income tax rate, its size in 2021 ranged from 10% to 37%.
The US also has a state income tax. Joe Biden paid about $31,000 in tax in Delaware, and his wife paid about $3,000 in Virginia.
Biden and his wife made contributions of more than $17,000 to charitable organizations, the largest being a $5,000 donation to the Beau Biden Foundation, the president's son from his first wife, Neilia Biden.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, the second US gentleman Douglas Emhoff, also reported on their income. They earned nearly three times the president's family: Harris and her husband reported a gross income of $1,655,000.
The federal income tax on this amount amounted to more than $500,000, that is, the rate was 31.6%. Harris also paid $120,000 in income taxes in California and $2,000 in New York, while Emhoff paid $54,000 in income taxes in the District of Columbia. The couple donated $22,000 to charity.
The incomes of the families of the President and Vice President of the United States remained almost unchanged compared to the year before last. In 2020, the Bidens reported earnings of just over $607,000, while Harris and her husband reported nearly $1.7 million.
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On April 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin also presented the income statement for 2021 . He earned 10.2 million rubles. (about $128 thousand at the rate of the Central Bank of Russia on April 16). Compared to previous years, the income of the HEAD of state has grown, but he earned the most in 2017 - almost 19 million rubles.
The list of Putin's declared property has not changed since 2020. The President owns an apartment of 77 square meters. m and garage 18 sq. m, as well as two GAZ M21 cars, a Niva car and a Skif trailer. In addition, according to his declaration, Putin has an apartment of 153.7 sq. m and a garage area of 18 sq. m.