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Sen. Ron Johnson Comes Under Fire, Family Wrote Off Entire Private Plane Purchase Price

Sen. Ron Johnson Comes Under Fire, Family Wrote Off Entire Private Plane Purchase Price

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has come under fire for the fact that his adult children wrote off the entire purchase price of a private plane on tax forms.

Johnson, who is up for re-election on November 8, has already faced criticism from Wisconsin Democrats for voting in favor of former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax plan. 

The incumbent Senator pushed to have several provisions included in the bill, including a small business tax break and "pass through" tax breaks," that personally benefitted Johnson and his major donors. 

Now, it has come to light that Johnson's adult children benefitted from a little-known provision in the bill that allowed wealthy individuals to write off the entire purchase price of private jets. 

In March 2018, Business Insider shared details about this inclusion, noting "this deduction accounts for much, if not all, of their millions in tax liability — meaning buying a new private jet could practically wipe out their tax bill in the year they buy it."

In June of this year, an ethics complaint was filed against Johnson for the fact that he requested reimbursement for repeated travel to his Florida vacation home, trips for which the family jet -- a nine-seat, multi-engine Pilatus PC-24 -- was used. 

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D-WI) is running against Johnson this year.

Maddy McDaniel, an official from Barnes's campaign, was recently quoted as saying:

"Ron Johnson has no problem raising taxes on working people after delivering a tax cut for billionaires as long as his family can still afford yet another luxury plane to add to their fleet."

What do you think about Ron Johnson's private jet write-off?

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