Subject: Re: Romney Artificially Inflated 2011 Taxes After Decrying The Idea
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alexander Snyder-Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Molly Magarik" <[email-masked]>, "Jim Smith" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Kaufman Ted" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:39:11 -0400

Interestingly, he is also releasing a 20 year tax rate summary along with his tax returns.

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On Sep 21, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Alexander Snyder-Mackler <[email-masked]> wrote:

Favorite headline of the day: "Paul Ryan booed at AARP conference"

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Molly Magarik <[email-masked]> wrote:
 
Romney Artificially Inflated 2011 Taxes After Decrying The Idea

Benjy Sarlin 2:05 PM EDT, Friday September 21, 2012
Mitt Romney's trustee said in a campaign press release that Romney artificially inflated his own effective tax rate so it would remain above 13 percent by deferring $1.75 million in charitable deductions. Romney had previously said that none of his last decade of tax returns dipped below that 13 percent threshold.

In an interview with ABC News in July, however, Romney dismissed the idea that he would ever pay more taxes than legally owed, saying if he did so he wouldn't be "qualified" to be president.

"I don't pay more than are legally due and frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don't think I'd be qualified to become president," Romney said. "I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires."

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