Claim: The Obama campaign strikes another low blow with a TV spot accusing Mitt Romney of "personally" approving a notoriously abusive tax-avoidance scheme and suggesting he may have paid "zero" tax. That's badly misleading. It wasn't Romney who was avoiding taxes, it was Marriott Corp. And there's no evidence to support the ad's speculation that Romney himself paid no income tax, or that he did something illegal. The ad opens with an unsupported insinuation that Romney isn't releasing more federal income tax returns because some would show he didn't pay any income tax in those years.
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Verdict: the obama campaign strikes another low blow with a tv spot accusing mitt romney of "personally" approving a notoriously abusive tax-avoidance scheme and suggesting he may have paid "zero" tax. that's badly misleading. it wasn't romney who was avoiding taxes, it was marriott corp. and there's no evidence to support the ad's speculation that romney himself paid no income tax, or that he did something illegal. the ad opens with an unsupported insinuation that romney isn't releasing more federal income tax returns because some would show he didn't pay any income tax in those years.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2012-08-10T19:17:33