If you want to see tax returns, if it's that important to you, show me yours and I'll show you mine.  In reality, I made a little more than $11 Million if you count 1998 through today.  All of that was counted as 'ordinary income because I was (as a Director of the company) buying my shares at a low set price (the strike price was set on the day I was grated the various sets of stock options).  When I bought the shares, I was not allowed to sell them because I was locked out of selling due to being materially involved with all of the acquisitions the company was making.  So, all this income was from NQ options which is taxable just like wages.  Problem came when the value plummeted while I was locked out of selling.  Instead of holding the stock, I ended up owing the broker money, and not having anything when the final tax bill came in, which was an extra $672 thousand.  I lost everything I owned, including my house, my business, my cars... everything.  You can believe what you want, I'm just telling you almost every penny I have made since 2001 has gone directly to the IRS.  When you pile on our IVF expenses on top of that, I do not have any extra pennies.  I don't really care if you believe it, but don't call me a liar.  I've explained this here on the board many times.

-Shawn