WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife earned $5.5 million (3.6 million pounds) in 2009 primarily from the proceeds of his best-selling books, and they paid $1.79 million in federal income taxes, the White House said on Thursday.
The U.S. president and first lady Michelle Obama also reported paying $163,303 in state income taxes in Illinois, which Obama represented as a senator before being elected president in 2008.
The Obamas donated $329,100 to 40 charities in 2009. Obama also donated $1.4 million in award money from his Nobel Peace Prize to charity and did not count that as income or as a charitable deduction on his tax returns.
The White House released the Obamas' tax details on the April 15 U.S. deadline for filing taxes.
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, made considerably less money than the first family, according to the White House statement.
The Bidens reported adjusted gross income of $333,182 in 2009 and paid $71,147 in federal income taxes. They contributed $4,820 to charity "in both monetary and in-kind donations," the statement said.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason, Editing by Sandra Maler)
