Sen. Warren posts 10 years of tax returns

BOSTON >> U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has posted 10 years of her tax returns online.

The decision to release the federal and state returns Wednesday came a day after the Massachusetts Democrat called for sweeping anticorruption laws in Washington. It’s also another possible signal that Warren may be laying the groundwork for a run for president in 2020.

A bill crafted by Warren would require the IRS to release tax returns for congressional candidates from the previous two years and during each year in office. It also would create a lifetime ban on presidents, members of Congress and other officeholders from working as lobbyists.

Warren’s 2017 federal Warren returns show the former Harvard University law professor and her husband, Bruce Mann, who still works as a Harvard Law School professor, reported an adjusted gross income of $913,000. The returns listed their total tax as $268,484 and their total payments as $302,227. The couple was eligible for a refund of almost $34,000. Although she’s frequently mentioned as a possible White House contender, Warren has said she’s focused on her Senate re-election campaign this year. In addition to her salary as a senator, Warren reported $430,370 in income from her writing in 2017. Warren has written or co-written several books, most focused on financial issues.Her latest “This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America’s Middle Class” was published last year.