Presidential Tax Returns

H/T to Glenn Kessler, The Fact Checker at The Washington Post, for calling attention to the treasure trove of presidential income-tax returns at the Tax History Project. Browse returns as far back as FDR.

Roosevelt, 1913, Assistant Secretary of the Navy

The Roosevelt archive goes all the way back to 1913. With his first return FDR enclosed a letter from The Bank Of California, noting the  deductibility of a state tax paid by the bank on behalf of its shareholders.