Bidens Paid $169,820 in Income Tax in 2022, Returns Show

April 18, 2023, 11:00 PM UTC

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden paid $169,820 in federal and state income tax on a combined $579,514 in adjusted gross income, according to their annual tax returns.

Both amounts represented a decrease from the previous year, in which the first family made $610,702 in 2021 and paid $183,925 in taxes. The decline was in part because of increased charitable giving — the Bidens donated slightly more than $20,000 last year — and in part because of falling income from their S-corporations, entities that they have used to run the income from their book deals.

Still, the Bidens’ ...

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