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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney ‘rented’ Mormon church’s exemption to defer taxes for 15 years
http://current.com/community/93945453_romney-rented-mormon-church-s-exemption-to-defer-taxes-for-15-years.htmRepublican presidential nominee Mitt Romney used a loophole to rent the Mormon churchs tax exemption status and defer paying taxes for 15 years, according to a new report.
Tax returns obtained by Bloomberg News through a Freedom of Information Act request indicated that Romney set up a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT) in June 1996 just before Congress cracked down on the loophole in 1997.
In this instance, Romney used the tax-exempt status of a charity the Mormon Church, according to a 2007 filing to defer taxes for more than 15 years, Bloombergs Jesse Drucker explained. At the same time he is benefitting, the trust will probably leave the church with less than what current law requires.
Estates lawyer Jonathan Blattmachr told Bloomberg that Romneys trust benefits from the Mormon churchs exempt status because charities dont pay capital gains taxes when they make a profit from the sale of assets.
The main benefit from a charitable remainder trust is the renting from your favorite charity of its exemption from taxation, Blattmachr said, adding that the charitable contribution is just a throwaway and the church would receive little if any financial benefit from the trust.
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Romney ‘rented’ Mormon church’s exemption to defer taxes for 15 years (Original Post)
G_j
Nov 2012
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Skink
(10,122 posts)1. doesn't everybody do that?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)3. Yeah, we should just become Mormons and the tax code would be fair.
begin_within
(21,551 posts)4. He's a sly fox, that one.
Now he wants to guard the chicken coop...
maxsolomon
(33,310 posts)5. Perfectly legal
at the time.
To paraphrase Willard Romney: "if i paid more in taxes than i was obligated to, i wouldn't be qualified to be president".