U.S. Congressman James Comer has released his tax returns, financial disclosures and other expenses for 2017.
Comer said in a release on Tuesday, “I promised my constituents that I would disclose my income taxes because I feel that taxpayers have a right to know where their leaders’ income originates, especially when those leaders vote on major tax reform legislation.”
Comer’s 2017 tax returns show that he claimed income of $153,890 and had a capital gain of close to $154,500. He had a farm loss of $66,330. And $20,250 in exemptions.
Comer’s Communications Director Michael Gossum said in 2017, Comer paid nearly $24,728 in federal taxes and $14,805 in state taxes.
Comer released his tax returns last year. He offered to release his tax returns in the 2015 Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary.
Democratic Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear released his tax returns on Monday and called on other officials to do the same.
Governor Matt Bevin has asked for an extension to file his financial disclosures. Bevin has declined to release his tax returns.