Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is reiterating a commitment to releasing his tax returns when they are ready.
The billionaire said during Tuesday night's debate in Charleston, South Carolina, that he is working on readying his returns for release "as fast as we can.``
In last week's debate in Las Vegas, Bloomberg said that it takes "a long time'' to compile his tax returns because he makes a lot of money and "can't go to TurboTax.''
Bloomberg runs a financial data and media company. He is worth an estimated US$60 billion.
All the other contenders on stage have released their tax returns. The other billionaire on stage, California climate activist Tom Steyer, noted that he had released a decade's worth of tax returns.
Steyer is worth about US$1.6 billion.
