奧巴馬伕婦公佈去年年收入 又創新低!

In what is likely to be the last public reveal of their annual income and taxes, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama released their 2015 tax returns last Friday afternoon.

上週五下午，美國總統奧巴馬和她的妻子米歇爾·奧巴馬公佈了他們的2015年報稅單。此次很有可能是他們最後一次公開年收入和納稅情況。

The documents show the couple earned $436,065 in adjusted gross income last year, and paid $81,472 in federal income taxes, giving them an effective tax rate of 18.7%. That's in keeping with their effective tax rates in recent years, which ranged from 18.4% to 20.4%.

該文件顯示，奧巴馬伕婦去年調整後的總收入爲436065美元，繳納聯邦個人所得稅81472美元，稅率爲18.7％。這基本與他們近年來的納稅率保持一致，即在18.4%到20.4%之間波動。

The First Family's income has gradually declined since 2012, largely due to less income from the sales of the president's books. The bulk of their 2015 income came from his salary of nearly $400,000. He also made $56,069 after expenses from his books.

據悉，這一“第一家庭”的收入自2012年以來一直在縮水，很大程度是因爲總統的書“不好賣”。2015年，他們的主要收入來源是奧巴馬作爲美國總統的40萬美元的年薪。此外，奧巴馬總統通過銷售書籍掙取56069美元。

Like a lot of very high-income Americans, the Obamas had to pay an additional Medicare tax on their wages. The surtax, which was created under the president's signature health reform law, cost them an extra $1,766. And they also fell prey to the Alternative Minimum Tax, which added $7,743 to their total tax bill.

同美國大多高薪人士一樣，奧巴馬伕婦必須付額外的醫保稅。這一規定開始於奧巴馬簽署醫改法之後，他們需繳納1766美元。而根據替代性最低稅法案，他們需要繳納7743美元。

The Obamas gave $64,066, or nearly 15% of their earnings, to more than 30 charities and nonprofits. Most contributions ranged between $1,000 and $2,000. But they donated $5,000 to the Beau Biden Foundation, named after Vice President Joe Biden's late son, and another $5,000 to Sidwell Friends School, which their daughters attend.

此外，奧巴馬伕婦兩人還向30多家慈善機構捐款64066美元，比例佔到總收入的近15％。大部分的捐款金額都在1000美元到2000美元之間。但是他們向博拜登基金會捐款5000美元，該基金會是以副總統拜登的過世的兒子博之名設立的。另外，他們曾向女兒們就讀的西德威爾友誼學校捐款5000美元。