Trump prosecutors are starting small, aiming bigger

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Fringe benefits normally need to be reported as income, with taxes paid on the value of the benefit by the employee and payroll taxes paid by both employee and employer.
42% : Weisselberg turned himself in to the Manhattan district attorney on July 1 after a grand jury reportedly indicted him for failing to pay income taxes on fringe benefits the Trump Organization provided, including free apartments and cars and private-school tuition for his grandchildren.
42% : "Not paying taxes on fringe benefits is unambiguously a crime and one that really needs to be enforced," says law professor Daniel Shaviro of New York University.
42% : That clearly seems to be happening in the Trump saga, since it would be a crime to evade federal income taxes on fringe benefits, just as it would be for state and local taxes.
41% : That may change if the threat of criminal conviction and jail time intensifies.
38% : if they don't pay taxes, why should I."Donald Trump, in a statement, said prosecutors are focusing on "things that are standard practice throughout the U.S. business community, and in no way a crime.
30% : Another question involved a nonprofit foundation Trump set up, which he may have used to avoid paying taxes.

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