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When the lier releases his tax returns, how will we know they weren't made up from whole cloth? (Original Post) rgbecker Jul 2012 OP
The IRS would verify them. alittlelark Jul 2012 #1
First, it's "liar". Second, if he did what you suggest, longship Jul 2012 #2
Which records about how much I pay in taxes are public? W-2's, FICA records? rgbecker Jul 2012 #4
Falsified records would kill the Rmoney candidacy. longship Jul 2012 #7
If Rmoney released its tax returns, it would have to make sure they matched other public info. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #3
If he did, the lier wood loose. nt Bonobo Jul 2012 #5
You can get verified transcripts from the IRS treestar Jul 2012 #6
he may be trying to buy time while his people do AMENDED returns for a few years... progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #8
good question. samsingh Jul 2012 #9

longship

(40,416 posts)
2. First, it's "liar". Second, if he did what you suggest,
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 12:34 AM
Jul 2012

It would be his undoing. What makes you think he could get away with that?

Mainly, there are sufficient public records to invalidate a falsified record. The trouble he'd be in would end Rmoney's presidential bid. The real record, if he released it now, would likely not do that.

Simple, when you think a bit about it.

rgbecker

(4,820 posts)
4. Which records about how much I pay in taxes are public? W-2's, FICA records?
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 12:49 AM
Jul 2012

What would cause the IRS to verify the release? How would that verification be triggered? Could that verification be triggered right now, say, by me about Rmoney's returns?

I'd like to know more about this.

Sorry about my spelling, went to charter school.

longship

(40,416 posts)
7. Falsified records would kill the Rmoney candidacy.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 01:02 AM
Jul 2012

As others have indicated in your thread.

Consider this. The damage done by something embarrassing would be insignificant to releasing falsified records. Do you honestly believe that Rmoney would attempt to falsify his filings when even Republicans are calling him to release them, and the fact that he released them to McCain's campaign four years ago?

Somebody would talk and Rmoney would be done, fini! "I did not have sex with that woman." would be nothing compared to this.

Charter school? I recommend that you read books, the more, the better. That's how you learn how to spell well.


backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
3. If Rmoney released its tax returns, it would have to make sure they matched other public info.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 12:44 AM
Jul 2012

Cooking those books may take some time...

treestar

(82,383 posts)
6. You can get verified transcripts from the IRS
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 12:57 AM
Jul 2012

It's sort of like demanding the vault copy of Obama's BC. Demand the IRS certification.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
8. he may be trying to buy time while his people do AMENDED returns for a few years...
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 01:04 AM
Jul 2012

.. but that would probably be easy to find out after the fact.

Pisses me off that he is just estimating his 2011 returns, which means they're redoing them as fast as they can.

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