The U.S. president has reported on the income

The lion's share of their income was royalties Barack Obama received from the sale of books he had written. As a federal tax Barack and Michelle Obama paid in Illinois (where is located the city of Chicago, where the family lived before moving to Washington) as income tax 51,568 dollars earned by the sum of 453,770 dollars from around 14.2 per cent obtained in 2010 assets – 245,075 dollars – Barack and Michelle Obama gave 36 charities. The largest donation was the amount of 131,075 dollars, which has received Foundation Fisher House, engaged in providing specialized medical care to U.S. military personnel and their families. The White House also unveiled a tax return by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and his wife Jill, according to which they have earned in the past year, 379,178 dollars. With this amount in federal taxes had been paid 86,626 dollars. The deadline for filing tax returns in the U.S. accounted for 15 April. In 2009, Barack and Michelle Obama earned 5.5 million dollars in 2008 – 2,7 million, informs ITAR-TASS.