President Donald Trump’s tax chief and his Medicare administrator both took advantage of a tax dodge to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in Medicare taxes.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who also serves as acting commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, both claimed they were limited partners of their respective companies and therefore not subject to self-employment tax.

Bessent used a limited partnership structure at his hedge fund, Key Square Capital Management, to avoid paying about $910,000 in Medicare taxes on money he made running the fund between 2021 and 2023, The New York Times reported.

Oz, meanwhile, avoided paying $440,000 worth of Social Security and Medicare ta

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