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[Amerigo Vespucci]

Mitt Romney files for extension on 2011 taxes

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Mitt Romney has filed for an extension on his 2011 taxes, his campaign said Friday.

The Republican candidate for president and former Massachusetts governor estimated his 2011 tax liability at $3.2 million, according to the extension filing. He reported paying more than that, $3.4 million.

Romney plans to file his return sometime in the next six months, and prior to the election will release it, “when there is sufficient information to provide an accurate return,’’ according to a spokeswoman, Andrea Saul.

Romney’s tax bill in 2010 was $3 million, on income of $21.6 million, according to returns he released in January. He paid an effective 13.9 percent tax rate.