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23 Funds, Partnerships Missing From Romney's Disclosure

Romney team calls missing items 'trivial,' but critics pile on

(Newser) - At least 23 funds and partnerships listed on Mitt and Ann Romney's tax return in 2010 were not disclosed in the candidate's most recent financial disclosure statement, filed in August for his presidential run, reports the Los Angeles Times . Of those, 11 are in low-tax countries, including Bermuda,... More »

See How Long It Takes Romney to Match Your Puny Salary

Slate has an income calculator that tells the tale

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's rich enough to make rich people feel poor, with his 2010 income of $21.6 million putting him in the top .006%, notes the New York Post . To get a sense of how that stacks up to ordinary folks, Slate has a neat little calculator that allows... More »

Stewart Rips Mitt's Tax Rate

Poor people need better lobbyists: host

(Newser) - Jon Stewart ripped into Mitt Romney's tax return last night, and Elizabeth Warren showed up later to hammer home the point. "How can you justify making more in one day than the median American family makes in a year, while paying an effective tax rate of the guy... More »

Romney Returns: $6.2M in Taxes on $42.6M

No income from wages; he'll pay 15.4% on last year's income

(Newser) - Just hours after debating tax rates during the GOP debate in Florida, Mitt Romney released his tax returns, revealing that he collected $20.9 million in income last year, and $21.7 million the previous year—nearly all of it in profits, dividends, or interest from investments. None came from... More »

Christie: Newt 'Embarrassed' GOP

Admits Romney had a bad night, will pick himself up in Florida

(Newser) - Chris Christie's horse lost last night's South Carolina race, and the New Jersey governor came out swinging at victor Newt Gingrich this morning, calling the former House speaker an "embarrassment" to the Republican party . “Gingrich has embarrassed the party over time," said Christie, who has... More »

Romney: I'll Release Taxes Tuesday

OK, fine.

(Newser) - Looks like somebody is taking his Palmetto State shellacking seriously: Mitt Romney, in a rare appearance on Fox News Sunday, announced today that he'll release his much-discussed tax returns on Tuesday. "Given all the attention that's been focused on tax returns, given the distraction I think they... More »

Mitt Romney Keeps Millions in Cayman Islands

Campaign defends offshore investments

(Newser) - Yet more money trouble for Mitt Romney: His campaign has been put on the defensive by reports that he has millions of dollars stashed in a Caribbean tax haven. Romney has around $8 million invested in a dozen funds based in the Cayman Islands, and another investment worth between $5... More »

Romney on $374K Speech Fees: 'Not Very Much'

Romney fumbles common touch again

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is taking flak for a gaffe 37 times bigger than his bet with Rick Perry . The candidate, while discussing the possibility of releasing his tax returns , mentioned that his income includes "speakers fees from time to time, but not very much." Financial disclosure forms reveal that... More »

Solid Night for Romney, as Gingrich Emerges

Strong performance leaves Gingrich looking like top anti-Romney

(Newser) - Mitt Romney emerged largely unscathed from last night's Republican debate in South Carolina, while consensus pegs Newt Gingrich as the best of the rest. A breakdown of the chatter:
  • This was Gingrich's "best debate of the entire race," decides Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post . The
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Romney: I'll Release Taxes ... in April

When he'll most likely have clinched the nomination

(Newser) - Calm down, everyone. Mitt Romney will release his tax returns … just as soon as he has clinched the GOP nomination. "If I become our nominee, and what's happened in history is people have released them in about April of the coming year and that's probably what... More »

Show Us Your Money, Romney

'Washington Post' takes frontrunner to task for keeping taxes, donors secret

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has so far flatly refused to release either his tax returns or his list of fundraising bundlers, and that's "a striking and disturbing departure from the past practice of presidential candidates of both parties," the Washington Post says in an editorial today. Yes, demanding candidates'... More »

Mitt: I Won't Release My Tax Returns

Obama campaign blasts Romney for keeping returns secret

(Newser) - Mitt Romney says that even if he becomes the Republican nominee, he has no intention of releasing his tax returns, reports the New York Times . Romney—one of the richest men ever to run for president—would be alone among nominees of recent decades if he fails to release his... More »

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