claim: says mitt romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: oct 12, 2012 ... that's what mitt romney has done, according to his 2010 and 2011 tax returns, ...  marriott, romney also helped the hotel chain use the same tax tricks to shelter ...  ira – that want to avoid paying the unrelated business income tax, a 35 ... ann  romney's blind trust also claims carried interest, for allegedly ...
evidence_2: obama proposes taxing carried interest at the same rate as regular income. ... " barack obama says mitt romney received carried interest, a tax 'trick,'" july 18, ...
evidence_3: sep 10, 2012 ... tax experts and private-equity executives say the question is not how he got ...  july edition of gps, "as he seems to have done: 'i want every trick in the book. ...  get what is called "carried interest," or 20 percent of the profits on deals, while ...  he will have to pay ordinary income-tax rates on the withdrawals.
evidence_4: jul 17, 2012 ... carried interest. mitt romney has used every trick in the bo. ... over the last two  years he's paid less than 15% in taxes on $43 million in income. .... executive  privilage on fast & furious when he said he knew nothing about it.
evidence_5: jan 18, 2012 ... mitt romney owned and managed a private-equity firm called bain capital ... the  tax treatment of carried interest under current law allows ... gains and pay capital- gains tax rather than ordinary income tax. nifty trick! ... on the other side,  supporters of the current tax treatment say the carried interest is only a ...