Period or event: Tax year 2018 · Reviewed September 12, 2026 · Record sanders-tax-return-2018
The archived joint return reports $566,421 in total income, $561,293 in adjusted gross income, and $145,840 in total federal tax. Separate publishing schedules distinguish gross receipts from net profit.
What the source records
Filing status
Married filing jointlyBernard and Jane Sanders; Form 1040 filing-status field.
Total income
$566,421Form 1040 line 6, PDF p. 1.
Adjusted gross income
$561,293Form 1040 line 7, PDF p. 1.
Total federal tax reported
$145,840Form 1040 line 15, PDF p. 1; the lower half contains Form 1040 p. 2. This is the return’s total tax, not the withholding, estimated payments, refund, or balance due.
Macmillan book royalties: gross / net
$391,000 / $381,000Bernard Sanders Schedule C, PDF p. 14, Book Royalties Macmillan, lines 1 and 31; line 28 reports $10,000 of expenses.
Verso book royalties: gross / net
$1,810 / $1,810Bernard Sanders Schedule C, PDF p. 10, Book Royalties Verso, lines 1 and 31.
Combined book receipts / net profit
$392,810 / $382,810Calculated only from the two book Schedule C forms: $391,000 + $1,810 gross; $381,000 + $1,810 net.
Music royalties: gross / net
$110 / $110Separate Bernard Sanders Schedule C, PDF p. 12, lines 1 and 31. The $382,810 book net plus $110 music net equals Schedule 1 business income of $382,920.
Scope & limitations
Joint-return income includes both spouses and is not Sanders-only income, campaign receipts, or net worth.
Archived voluntary release; not an IRS-certified transcript. It does not establish IRS acceptance, later amendments, or settlement of the reported tax.
Amounts are transcribed from the returned form; no tax-law compliance opinion is made.
Publisher labels are those printed on the schedules; they do not prove publisher ownership, political backing, ultimate funding, book sales, or policy influence. No book title or contract allocation is inferred.
Internet Archive, preserving the BuzzFeed / Ruby Cramer DocumentCloud copy · voluntarily released primary document archive · Document date 2019-04-15 · Checked 2026-09-12
PDF p. 1 contains both Form 1040 pages; lines 6, 7 and 15; visually checked PDF pages 1, 2, 10, 12, 14
18-page public-release file; original file MD5 matches Internet Archive metadata. Metadata dates the source document to 2019-04-15 and archive acquisition to 2019-11-14 11:05:50; the document date is the release date, not the tax year. Original source recorded by the archive: http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5912456-Sanders-IRS-Filing-2018.html. This is not an IRS-certified transcript.