Just ONE aspect:
"On his 2010 tax return, Romney disclosed that his wife Ann's trust held $3
million in a Swiss bank account at UBS, which had just been busted by the IRS
for abetting criminal tax evasion by U.S. citizens. As part of a $780 million
settlement, UBS was forced to turn over the names of thousands of its
long-secret clients, who were then offered a partial amnesty: disclose their
hidden assets, pay penalties and avoid prosecution. Romney – who had omitted the
Swiss account on previous financial disclosures – suddenly came clean. Did he
reveal his secret account to avoid prosecution for tax evasion? "He's not quite
denied that," says Daniel Shaviro, a professor of tax law at NYU. The record of
paying an IRS penalty on the Swiss account could explain why Romney has been so
determined to keep his 2009 tax return under wraps."
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