Washington, Sept. 28 -- President Donald Trump paid no federal income tax in 10 of the past 15 years,The New York Timesreported on Sunday. He paid just $750 in both 2016 and 2017, after years of reporting heavy losses from his enterprises to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income, the report read citing tax-return data.

The disclosure comes from tax return dataTimesobtained extending over two decades and comes at a pivotal moment ahead of the first presidential debate on Tuesday and weeks before the Presidential elections.

The Times reported that Trump was able to minimize his tax bill by reporting heavy losses across his business empire. It said he claimed $47.4 million in losses in 2018, despite saying he had income of at le...