Scott Brown's Tax Returns Show Rising Income, $1,401 Spent On 'TV Makeup And Grooming'

Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) tax returns, released Friday by his campaign, show he spent thousands on styling and entertainment.

The Boston Herald reports:

Brown took a $1,401 deduction for “TV makeup and grooming” in 2011 as part of a $6,901 tax deduction for varied expenses which included $1,268 for book promotions and photos and $716 for gifts. His deductions include $2,275 for “entertainment” in 2009 and $225 for “recording devices” in 2010.

Brown's income has risen from about $294,000 before taking office to nearly $840,000 in 2010, mainly owing to a book advance, according to the Boston Globe. In 2011, his income was $510,856.

Elizabeth Warren, Brown's Democratic opponent, also released her tax returns, which showed that she and her husband made $616,181 in 2011.

Brown and Warren both agreed to release their taxes at the request of the Boston Globe. Brown released six years, and Warren four years.

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Comments

[buriedsecret]

03:14 PM on 05/03/2012

A pretty boy??????. Wish i HAD THAT KIND OF MONEY, To pretty ME up.

[award12]

01:09 PM on 04/28/2012

I'm thinking he is taking his wife's reciepts and using it as his own. for a man only needs a very small amt of make up. he certainly knows how to spend money doesn't he? so much for being "conservative.
I also think it is shady that he only let's people view his returns briefly but Elizabeth released on PDF.

[Educated Black Man]

12:34 PM on 04/28/2012

How much did the two candidates donate to charity? That's the one thing I want to know. It's odd that this was left out of the story. Wonder why?

[Educated Black Man]

01:25 PM on 04/28/2012

I found it. 2.8% for Warren and 3.2% for Brown.

[CoronaDischarge]

02:08 AM on 04/28/2012

"Brown, who urged Warren to be more transparent, refused to allow copies of the tax information to leave the office and instead required reporters to review his tax returns at his headquarters and take notes. The campaign did not allow tax attorneys to come in and view the returns."

Just how is it that this constitutes "releasing" his tax returns? This is just a controlled peek-a-boo look. Since there are no copies allowed out of the office, in actual fact nothing was released. So this whole announcement just constitutes a semantical lie.

It's not at all clear that what is purported to have been seen by reporters, and who's to know now what they saw, and not allowed to be seen by any tax professionals I might add, is what he actually filed with the IRS even??

Yet Elizabeth Warren released her returns as PDF's. Imagine that. On top of his vanity the man has no courage to actually do what he pretends to do. Puk-puk-puk-aw. He's just another Republican saying whatever he thinks he can get away with. Massachusetts has no need for this guy's deceitful representation.

[CoronaDischarge]

02:36 AM on 04/28/2012

Link to Elizabeth Warren's Tax returns in PDF. LINK

The Incumbent isn't so transparent it seems.

[anothervoice2]

11:19 AM on 04/28/2012

Great points!

Fanned and faved.

[LeftieBailey]

10:53 PM on 04/27/2012

Just a gigolo everywhere I go
people know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance selling each romance
every night some heart betraying

There will come a day youth will pass away
then what will they say about me
When the end comes I know
they'll say just a gigolo
as the Senate goes on without me. (Apologies to David Lee Roth)

[RBlakeH01]

10:11 PM on 04/27/2012

I wonder why they didn't disclose the amount of taxes they paid on that income.

[CoronaDischarge]

02:10 AM on 04/28/2012

Brown and Huff paid $123,642 of their income in taxes in 2011, a 24.20 percent rate.

Reported elsewhere.

[gfe]

09:51 PM on 04/27/2012

the only way this should work is if we ALL get FREE haircuts
demand it! if its good for the politicians it MUST be good for us

[marylou93063]

09:50 PM on 04/27/2012

vote these b*&^%# out-----CROOKS and they could care less what the average hard working American is going through-----get to the polls and show them the Voters Power

[RBlakeH01]

10:12 PM on 04/27/2012

And which other crook should we put in? Sometimes better to keep what you have and know than to take the unknown that could be worse.

[David Fackleman]

10:20 PM on 04/27/2012

How 'bout that 5 day Spain vacation Michelle Obama took back in 2010 with one of her daughters...and a few friends...that cost $500K of taxpayers money? Think she cares about the average hard working American?

[anothervoice2]

11:20 AM on 04/28/2012

How about similar trips Laura Bush took with her daughters? Selective amnesia eh?!

[award12]

01:06 PM on 04/28/2012

how about the 10+ days the bush girls took when they turned 25? they were told to leave because things got hairy in argentina but one stayed longer. a secret service nightmare as I have heard/read many times. reports of the girls running in the hotel hallway naked on that trip. ooooops. classy!

[blisster]

09:47 PM on 04/27/2012

It ain't spent on books, that's for sure.

[natal plum]

09:38 PM on 04/27/2012

THAT HAIR? Yikes. I'm pissed that I have to pay 16 bucks for my haircut

[Dusto]

09:36 PM on 04/27/2012

I drive a truck and appreciate a good haircut. My father was a barber and wife a stylist. For the lady politcians, the average "cut and color" runs close to $200.00 per visit here in the Midwest.
Do the math.
To all the complainers....arms above your heads and step back away from the Flow-Bee!

[buddhaaaaa]

09:31 PM on 04/27/2012

He feels pretty ... oh so pretty ...

[buddhaaaaa]

09:38 PM on 04/27/2012

He feels pretty and witty and gay
And I pity any girl who isn't him today
He feels charming
Oh so charming
It's alarming how charming he feels
And so pretty that we hardly can believe he's real

[anothervoice2]

11:28 AM on 04/28/2012

WS's Favorite Senator Brown has to look pretty when he is on TV deceiving the American public about his true agenda. To toe the line of his WS handlers.

[DomLucey]

09:39 PM on 04/27/2012

Not as pretty as John Edwards felt.

[buddhaaaaa]

09:45 PM on 04/27/2012

How do we know that?
He seems to be feeling very pretty.

[anothervoice2]

11:28 AM on 04/28/2012

WS has put in 12M into Brown's campaign. What do they expect from Pretty Scott Brown as a return on their investment?!

[Once in a Blue Moon]

09:22 PM on 04/27/2012

$1400 for a year? That's an average of $117 per month. More than most taxpayers probably spend for grooming each month, but this is not a gross amount, particularly for someone with an income that exceeds $500 K per year. As for gifts, I spend at least that much a year and likely so do the rest of us with holidays, birthdays, etc. (This seems sort of chintzy with an income in the half million range.) And, it's his money, not the taxpayers.

Not that I'm a Scott Brown fan, but did I miss something here, or is this a non-story trying to look like an expose?

[DomLucey]

09:39 PM on 04/27/2012

This is news considering John Edward's haircut costs? Yeah, this is a non-story. Still, he looks pretty good so he probably spends more than Eliz. Warren.

[anothervoice2]

11:21 AM on 04/28/2012

This is news for a man who pretends he is everyman on the street. $1400 in grooming costs for a year?! What a hypocrite!

[anothervoice2]

11:29 AM on 04/28/2012

John Edwards isn't running for Senate Genius.

Scott Brown is. Scotty who spends $1400 on hair and makeup. He is as elitist as they come.

[RBlakeH01]

10:16 PM on 04/27/2012

It's like a non story but HP has to slam conservatives any way they can. I pay $15.00 for my haircuts and always enjoy the barber shop conversation.

[anothervoice2]

11:22 AM on 04/28/2012

Those $15 barber shop visits happen every week? Does it add up to $1400 a year?!

This ConJob Senator from MA pretends like he is an average Joe. His tax returns speak to a different story. He is as elitist as they come. He is WS's favorite senator!

[Celeste5793]

09:17 PM on 04/27/2012

Brown's wife worked for a television channel in Boston for part of last year. She's probably the one who used makeup and hair care products in her line of work? Scott does not need makeup. lol.

[zanytothemaxx]

09:14 PM on 04/27/2012

Go online and check out the ties the Bush family had with Adolph Hitler. It is no wnder George decided to invade other countries. Hey....the Bush family has ties to the Bin Laden family also.

[DomLucey]

09:40 PM on 04/27/2012

Check out the ties George Soros had with Hitler.

[zanytothemaxx]

11:14 PM on 04/27/2012

He could not have any, since he was a young boy.....unlike Prescott Bush....the Nazi.

[DomLucey]

09:43 PM on 04/27/2012

Is this story about the Bush family or about Scott Brown?