Ivana Trump

2022 - 8 - 2

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Would Ivana Trump's Gravesite at Trump National Golf Club Be Tax ... (NBC New York)

It is unquestionably a golf course — but is it now a cemetery too? Pictures of a burial plot at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster are raising ...

But the Trump family has taken steps to designate the plot as a cemetery in the past. It's not clear if the Ivana Trump burial plot represents an effort to turn part of the Trump golf course into a cemetery. The Trump course didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

You'll Never Believe It but Donald Trump May Have Buried Ivana on ... (Vanity Fair)

We know, it is completely shocking that a man known for years of dubious tax schemes, including ones characterized as “outright fraud,” would do such a ...

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reported in 2018, “Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud.” In 2019, the ex-president’s former attorney Michael Cohen told Congress that Trump regularly inflated his assets “when it served his purpose”—like to obtain loans—and deflated them when it would similarly be advantageous—like to minimize his tax bill. Donald Trump is a saint and would never dream of such a thing!” If you’re at all in touch with reality, the answer is a resounding “Hell yes” and maybe a “I literally can’t think of a person more likely to do this” for good measure. If you’re a person currently employed by the ex-president or for some reason in thrall of him, your answer to that last question is probably “Of course not!

Fact Check: Does Photo Show Melania Trump Standing on Ivana ... (Newsweek)

Amid the outpouring of grief and condolences for former U.S. President Donald Trump and his family following the death of his first wife, Ivana Trump, ...

The image is manipulated. Notably, this is not the first time that this image was used misleadingly. A real image of Melania Trump with a shovel in a White House garden was superimposed on a background featuring the late Ivana Trump's grave. a tweet posted on "U.S First Lady Melania Trump takes a ceremonial shovel of soil during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new White House Tennis Pavilion on the south grounds of the White House October 8, 2019 in Washington, DC," the stock photo description states. The claim is false: While the of Melania Trump is genuine, it was digitally manipulated, with the background changed to add the gravesite.

Ivana Trump's burial site might be a secret tax windfall for Donald ... (Salon)

Experts weigh whether the president might have buried his ex-wife on his golf course to avoid a higher tax burden.

Soled speculated that there was a "reasonableness standard" that the former president would probably not clear in a state audit. Consequently, he was taxed that year at $6 an acre rather than $462. The property maintains a herd of goats as well as resources for farming and woodcutting, according to The Wall Street Journal. Jay Soled, Director of Rutgers Masters in Taxation Program, was more skeptical of the idea that Ivana Trump's burial was a tax play, calling the notion "a bit overkill." In 2007, Trump told the New York Post that he wanted to be laid to rest in the "beautiful land" of Bedminster. In 2012, NPR reported that Trump had been approved by the city's town council to build his own 500-grave mausoleum. According to ProPublica, the Trump family trust previously worked to establish a non-profit funeral business in Hackettstown, New Jersey, located just twenty miles from Ivana Trump's gravesite. The New York Post reported that her funeral was held "not too far from the main clubhouse."

Ivana Trump is buried on Donald's golf course – will it give him a tax ... (Evening Standard)

Ivana's 'pauper grave' might benefit ex-husband's long-held tax planning purposes.

Trump reportedly owns several goats and farms hay at the resort, which reduced his tax bill by around $88,000 a year. The New York Times also reported that Trump used a range of strategies to avoid paying taxes on wealth inherited from his father, and the Trump Organisation has also been accused of massively misrepresenting the value of some of its assets in a bid to secure loans and tax breaks. Donald Trump has previously expressed his wishes to be buried at his New Jersey golf club, telling the New York Post in 2007 that he wanted to be laid to rest in the “beautiful land” of Bedminster. In a tweet, she wrote: “As a tax researcher, I was skeptical of rumors Trump buried his ex-wife in that sad little plot of dirt on his Bedminster, NJ golf course just for tax breaks. Defining the golf course as a cemetery would grant the business a range of tax breaks. In documents published by ProPublica, the Trump Family Trust has been shown to have previously sought to designate a property in Hackettstown – which is about 20 miles from the golf course where Ivana is buried – as a nonprofit cemetery company.

Trevor Noah Stunned to Hear Trump May Have Buried Ivana at Golf ... (TheWrap)

On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah was almost too stunned to speak when covering reports that Donald Trump may have buried Ivana at a golf course for a tax ...

Like all this tax break does is incentivize you to be a weirdo. “What this really shows you is how strange the tax system can really be. Noah also raised some questions about why such a tax law exists in the first place.