How much did past presidents pay in federal taxes? A lot more than Trump, data show

President Donald Trump paid just $750 in income taxes during his first year in office, an exclusive report from The New York Times found — a stark difference compared to what his recent predecessors paid.

The Times obtained Trump’s tax-return data spanning over more than two decades and released the findings in a report Sunday afternoon. The news come as Trump has refused to make his tax returns public, making him the first president in recent history not to release them.

The president has called the report “fake news” but has given no evidence to support that claim.

In 2017, Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law. It lowered most individual income tax rates, including the top marginal rate, according to the Tax Foundation. But MarketWatch reports that higher-income taxpayers “reap the biggest tax savings.”

The president has also outlined his second term tax policy plan, which includes the expansion of existing tax breaks and unspecified cuts for individuals, according to the Tax Foundation.

In the year he was elected president, Trump also paid just $750 in taxes, The New York Times found, and in 10 of the last 15 years he paid nothing.

Here’s what past presidents paid during their respective first years in office and a look at their tax policy records.

Barack Obama

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama paid $1,792,414 in federal income taxes in 2009, according to White House archives.

Trump attacked Obama, a Democrat, in 2012 over his tax returns and tax policies — criticizing his 20.5% tax rate. During the same year, the new Times report found Trump paid $0 in federal income taxes.

Trump also said Obama wanted to “raise all our taxes.”

But during his presidency, Obama extended tax cuts for everyone except the roughly 1% of taxpayers that fell into certain high-income categories, PolitiFact reported in 2016.

George W. Bush

In 2001, he and former first lady Laura Bush paid $250,221 in federal income taxes, White House archives show.

Bush, a Republican, signed the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act in 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act in 2003. They were dubbed the “Bush tax cuts.”

The top 1% of earners in the U.S. benefited most from the cuts, and they “ballooned deficits and debt and contributed to a rise in income inequality,” The Center on Budget and Policy priorities reports.

Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton and then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton paid $62,670 in federal income taxes in 1993, according to a copy of their return and a report from The Associated Press.

The Democratic former president increased taxes on the rich by raising the top marginal tax rate to 39.6% under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Bloomberg reports.

It was the first major increase to the top tax rate since the 1950s, and for the next five years, the economy “posted slightly above average growth,” Politico reports.

George H.W. Bush

The former president and former first lady Barbara Bush paid $101,382 in federal income taxes in 1989, according to a copy of their return and a tweet from Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham.

Bush made an infamous pledge during his first campaign: “Read my lips. No new taxes.”

But he ended breaking that promise and “raised many taxes” under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 , according to the Tax Policy Center. The move was attacked during his 1992 campaign, and Bush ended up losing his reelection.