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FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla.

OnPolitics: 6 years of Trump's tax returns to be released Friday

Trump's tax returns from 2015-2020 are expected to be released Friday after a House panel vote. What to know

It's almost the new year, OnPolitics readers, but the news is still coming out of Washington.

Friday -- tomorrow -- is the anticipated release of Donald Trump's tax returns.

Catch up on the news, reported by USA TODAY national correspondent Donovan Slack:

🗎 The House Ways and Means Committee plans to release six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns Friday, 2015-2020, the years Trump was president and campaigning for president.

🗎 The returns are expected to include his personal returns and those for several businesses along with IRS audit materials. Staff are redacting personal information.

🗎 Why now? A Supreme Court decision in November after a long court battle paved the way for their release to the House panel, who voted to release the returns.

🗎 Trump's returns missed a "mandatory review" by the IRS, according to the House committee, and the Democrat-led panel said the release could improve auditing procedures at the Internal Revenue Service.

Go deeper: 🔎 Public's first look at Trump's tax returns on Friday

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