Romney Releasing 2011 Taxes At 3 PM, ‘Summary’ Of 1990-2009 Returns

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Source: TPM

Mitt Romney will release a copy of his 2011 tax returns at 3 PM Friday as well as a summary of his tax rates -- but not, as requested by Democrats, copies of his actual returns -- for the years 1990 - 2009.

According to the campaign, Romney paid a 14.1% tax rate. Pushing back against speculation from Democrats, most notably Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), that he paid little to no taxes at some point in his career, Romney's campaign now claims the lowest effective rate he ever paid was 13.66% and that the average across the 20 year period 20.20%.

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