Democratic candidate for governor Marguerite Willis releases tax records
She is the seventh candidate for governor to release information on her federal income taxes.
Democratic candidate for governor Marguerite Willis releases tax records She is the seventh candidate for governor to release information on her federal income taxes. Check out this story on greenvilleonline.com: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2018/04/12/democratic-candidate-governor-marguerite-willis-releases-tax-records/512655002/
Kirk Brown, Anderson Independent Mail Published 5:30 p.m. ET April 12, 2018 | Updated 12:54 p.m. ET May 7, 2018
Gubernatorial candidate Marguerite Willis spoke at the Anderson County Democratic Party convention on Tuesday night.(Photo: Kirk Brown/Independent Mail)
Greenville native Marguerite Willis is the latest candidate for governor to release her federal income tax records.
Willis, an attorney who now lives in Florence, is running as a Democrat.
She and her husband, Darlington County Economic Development Director Frank Willis, had a combined taxable income of nearly $2.8 million in 2015 and 2016, according to their tax records. They paid $1.1 million in federal income taxes during those two years, which equates to about 40 percent of their taxable income.
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Republican candidates Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Kevin Bryant, former Lt. Gov. Yancey McGill, Greenville businessman John Warren and Democrat Phil Noble previously released their tax returns for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Republican candidate Catherine Templeton allowed reporters to review copies of her 1040 forms for 2014, 2015, 2016.
Willis released copies of her 1040 forms for 2015 and 2016. Since she did not release her full tax returns, there were no details about nearly $176,000 in itemized deductions that she and her husband claimed in those years.
State Rep. James Smith, a Democrat from Columbia, has not released any information about his federal income taxes.
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