A Candidate’s Offshore Tax Havens

Stories of offshore tax havens belonging to Mitt Romney have been causing a stir in the news media. Several sources such as Reuters and the Washington Post have unearthed troublesome material in the candidate’s most recent tax returns. Reuters journalist Sam Youngman reports that Romney may have sheltered offshore bank accounts as a result of his business dealings with Bain Capital. Youngman’s published findings do imply this information, though his actual wording is somewhat vague.

Romney has amassed a large fortune due to investments in several dozen funds with ties to this private equity firm that he helped start over … Read more at 2009 Tax.