DONALD Trump was facing renewed pressure to release his personal tax information after a New York Times report that he recorded a $916m loss on his 1995 income tax return, a deduction that might have allowed him to cut his federal income tax for several ensuing years.The Times, citing tax analysts, reported at the weekend that based on Trump’s 1995 income tax documents, he might have been able to reduce his tax bills for as many as 18 years.The newspaper posted to its website three documents, which purported to be from state tax returns in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. It said it had received the documents in the mail in September.Trump’s campaign said in a statement that he "has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes, sales and excise taxes, real estate taxes, city taxes, state taxes, employee taxes and federal taxes".It also said the tax documents — which it referred to as an "alleged tax document", had been "illegally obtained"."I know our complex tax laws...
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