Ivana Trump buried at Bedminster golf club amid tax-exemption questions

Ivana Trump, Trump's first wife, was buried on July 20, 2022, at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, about a week after her death from blunt-impact injuries suffered in a fall at her New York home. New Jersey law exempts land used for cemetery purposes from property, income, sales and other taxes, and tax records show a Trump-controlled family trust has held cemetery-company tax-exempt status since at least 2016, previously tied to a cemetery in Hackettstown roughly 20 minutes from Bedminster. Dartmouth sociology professor and tax researcher Brooke Harrington said the arrangement could represent a "trifecta of tax avoidance," noting there is no minimum-remains requirement for the exemption to apply. A Trump Organization representative called the suggestion that the burial site was chosen for tax reasons "truly evil"; independent analysts noted any exemption would likely apply only to Ivana's roughly 1.5-acre plot rather than the club's full 500-plus acres.