Tax Leader Joseph Perry helped Newsday understand New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's tax return.
Newsday
By Matthew Chayes
Excerpt:
But they included taxes such as Social Security and Medicare, which typically aren’t considered part of the effective tax rate, said accountant Joseph J. Perry, a partner at the firm Marcum LLP in Melville. He reviewed the return at Newsday’s request. Excluding those taxes, which de Blasio spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein put at about $10,000, de Blasio’s family paid an effective tax rate of about 26.6 percent, Perry said.