<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> may have arranged himself a 11-figure payday after his own tax office signalled they would settle a lawsuit with him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US president and two of his sons have sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for $US10 billion ($14 billion) after his </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/key-takeaways-from-six-years-of-donald-trumps-federal-tax-returns/e50eafbe-5116-423b-aac6-bdfd44aeccf6" rel="" target="" title="tax information was leaked to the media"><span>tax information was leaked to the media</span></a><span> in 2018 and 2020.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today both Trump and the IRS asked a court to grant a 90-day extension so they could resolve the matter.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/pete-hegseth-pulp-fiction-bible-verse-pentagon-sermon-quotes-sean-parnell-usa-news/f79332dc-503b-4e37-98e1-77eb42c1adb5" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Pentagon lashes reporting of Pete Hegseth's Pulp Fiction Bible verse</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The extension will promote judicial economy and allow the Parties to explore avenues that could narrow or resolve the issues efficiently," the statement to court read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Given the president has appointed the senior staff at the IRS and the Department of Treasury and has the power to fire them, the lawsuit has raised the ire of ethics watchdogs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One such group, Democracy Forward, has filed a brief opposing the lawsuit.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-irs-lawsuit-suing-10-billion-dollars-tax-office-usa-politics-news/929663f2-f255-4936-8084-1d986ee08d65" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Democracy Forward CEO Skye Perryman said Trump was "seeking to further illegally line his own pockets at the public's expense".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The president's corruption continues, this time in an attempt to take $10 billion dollars of the taxpayers' money, which threatens to make a mockery out of our justice system," Perryman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Not only does the president's baseless case have significant legal defects, but there are colossal conflicts of interest at play."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-jessica-tarlov-least-attractive-reporter-fox-the-five-usa-news/caa7a980-abb3-4c7f-a907-844a967b6ecc"><strong><span>Trump calls presenter 'least attractive', demands she be taken off TV</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump had already claimed to have won the lawsuit in the days after it was filed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Essentially, the lawsuit's been won. I guess I won a lotta money," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/man-who-stole-and-leaked-trump-tax-records-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison/ecb51eb8-9e05-426a-8c11-ae239557d137" rel="" target="" title="former IRS contractor has already been jailed over the leak"><span>former IRS contractor has already been jailed over the leak</span></a><span>, which exposed Trump's claims of incredible business success to be in part, false.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/key-takeaways-from-six-years-of-donald-trumps-federal-tax-returns/e50eafbe-5116-423b-aac6-bdfd44aeccf6" rel="" target="" title="Some years Trump paid nothing in taxes"><span>Some years Trump paid nothing in taxes</span></a><span> because of the vast amount of money he had lost in bad investments.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The year he ran for president he paid barely $1000 in taxes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In February Trump suggested he might make a contribution to charity with the money he was getting from the taxpayer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We could make it a substantial amount," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Nobody would care because it's going to go to numerous very good charities."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump has a long history of promising money to charities and then not paying.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-25th-amendment-not-fit-to-serve-team-of-experts-jamie-raskin-usa-politics-news/08cb968c-0c16-492d-9137-df77ccf7b17d"><strong><span>Proposed team of experts to decide if Trump is fit for office</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/elizabeth-warren" rel="" target="" title="Senator Elizabeth Warren"><span>Senator Elizabeth Warren</span></a><span> has now introduced a bill that would stop Trump profiting from suing his own agency.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Right out in the open, Donald Trump is suing his own IRS to try to steal $10 BILLION taxpayer dollars," she said on Bluesky.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I just introduced a bill that would make this theft ILLEGAL."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The subject of Trump's tax returns has been a long running source of scrutiny and criticism.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Presidential candidates have for decades released their tax returns to the public.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2016, Trump broke that tradition on the justification that he was being audited.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There is no legal reason why a person being audited cannot do so.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ten years later, he has still not voluntarily released any tax returns. </span></div></div><div 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