"Flaunting and ultimately disobeying the tax laws was a way of life,"Barbara Res explained. "I was on salary, but some exec...
"Flaunting and ultimately disobeying the tax laws was a way of life,"Barbara Res explained. "I was on salary, but some executives on the payroll were paid as independent contractors. That meant that Trump could avoid paying his share of payroll taxes and the employee could deduct all sorts of things to diminish his income that you can't do on salary. It was a win-win for everyone except the city, state and federal governments."
Trump never gave a serious thought about what was legal, only to whether it could be gotten away with. And as far as he was concerned, he could get away with anything. As he has proven so far," she wrote. "The man's M.O. was bending and breaking the rules for maximum profit and advantage.