A Picture of a Cat Led to a Suspect in the Stolen Romney Tax Returns Caper
Remember when all anyone could talk about was Mitt Romney's tax returns? Sure you do. Do you also remember when some anonymous group claimed to have broken into PwC's Franklin, Tennessee office, stole said tax returns and then demanded $1 million in Bitcoins? Of course! At the time, everyone seemed to think that this was […]
Mitt Romney’s 2011 Tax Returns Reveal He’s the Richest Unemployed Dude You’ve Ever Seen
OK, so the Romney campaign released the 2011 tax returns and frankly we here at GC HQ couldn't be happier that they did so on a Friday afternoon, thereby completely cockblocking our plans to be in a drunken coma by 7pm this evening. Thanks for nothing, jerks! Consummate professionals that we are, however, we'll just […]
Mitt Romney Releases 2011 Tax Returns, Everyone Not Voting For Him Still Butthurt
As of this afternoon, Mitt Romney has – AT LAST – released his 2011 tax returns, which means everyone getting worked into a lather over the mystery of the returns he refused to provide can STFU, right? RIGHT?! Maybe not. So, we're looking at a 14.1% tax rate which, for those of us broke asses […]
Did Someone Really Steal Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns From PwC’s Franklin, Tennessee Office?
By now you've probably heard that an anonymous group – no, likely not The Anonymous – is claiming they got into PwC's Franklin, Tennessee office and nabbed Romney's tax returns, which they will apparently release September 28th unless they're given $1,000,000 USD (or, alternatively, "one milllllion dollars") in Bitcoins before that date. If someone desperate […]
Romney Tax Returns to Be Released By October 15th Advisor Says, To Which We Respond, “Duh”
Ed Gillespie, "a senior Romney advisor," provides precisely zero insight as to the timing of when his boss's tax returns will see the light of day: "Look, October 15 is the deadline for the IRS on an extension. We have said as soon as they're ready we're going to release them. And I believe they'll […]
Mitt Romney Dug Out Some Old Tax Returns and Crunched Some Numbers
Are you happy, rubes? Mitt Romney said on Thursday that he had not paid less than 13 percent of his income in taxes during the past decade, but he called the continued focus on his personal tax returns “small-minded” in the face of the nation’s problems. Speaking to reporters during a stop in South Carolina, Mr. […]
Mitt Romney Is Pleased with PwC’s Tax Services
In an interview with ABC News yesterday, Willard shared a few new tidbits about his life as a taxpayer: 1) He's not sure if he's ever payed less than a 13.9 effective tax rate 2) he's had the distinct pleasure of being audited by the IRS and 3) the crack squad in PwC's Boston* office […]
Kirsten Gillibrand Shows Mitt Romney How It’s Done
Releasing tax returns, that is: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has released five years of federal and state income tax returns on her website — the first senator to release returns from her entire public career, according to her office. Spokesman Glen Caplin said that Gillibrand wanted to contribute to the “ongoing national debate” about releasing returns. […]
If Mitt Romney Releases His Tax Returns He Could Be the Next Richard Nixon
As we all know, 1% posterboy and GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney hasn't released any of his tax returns. Check that – he hasn't released in tax returns that anyone cares about. Mittens is of the opinion that 2010 and 2011 are the only tax returns we need to see. Many people disagree. As […]
Sandy Levin Will Try (and Fail) to Get Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns the Old Fashioned Way
You almost get the sense that ol' Sandy is wagging a finger at Mitt and saying, "A real Michigan man offers up twelve years of tax returns. But in your case, I'll settle for ten." Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., the ranking Democratic member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, plans to introduce legislation […]