星期三（15日）下午，美國白宮公佈了奧巴馬夫婦2008年聯合報稅情況。
根據公佈的信息，2008年對奧巴馬夫婦來說是一個豐收年。雖然自詡為平民總統，他們在2008年調整後的收入近265萬7千美元。他們大多數的收入來自奧巴馬的兩本書：《父親的夢想》和《大膽的希望》。
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關於繳稅情況，他們需要上繳85萬5千多美元的聯邦稅，大致相當於調整後收入的32%。他們唯一降低繳稅的做法就是捐贈。奧巴馬夫婦稅表顯示他們在2008年向37家慈善機構和個人捐贈了17萬2千多美元。大致相當於他們調整後收入的6.5%。最大的捐贈是向天主教救援服務中心（Catholic Relief Services）和黑人聯合學院基金（United Negro College Fund）各捐贈了2萬5千美元。
奧巴馬夫婦也公開了他們向伊利諾伊州上繳的州稅。他們需向該州上繳近7萬9千美元的州稅。
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made nearly $2.5 million in 2008 from the sales of his two best-selling memoirs, according to tax information released by the White House on Wednesday.
Obama jointly filed his 2008 federal income tax return with his wife Michelle, reporting an adjusted gross income of $2,656,902 and paying $855,323 in federal income tax and $77,883 in state income taxes, the White House said.
Obama's books, "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream", were New York Times best-sellers and have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the United States and around the world.
