Mitt Romney has shares in Turkish company Turkcell
Tolga TANIŞ WASHINGTON – Hürriyet
Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. REUTERS photo
Mitt Romney, one of the Republican presidential hopefuls for this year’s race, has invested in Turkcell, a dominant mobile operator in the local market, according to daily Hürriyet.Romney decided to release his tax records for years 2010 and 2011 after he stumbled in the North Carolina primary losing to his rival Newt Gingrich and the tax records revealed the he owns Turkcell shares.
The rich Americans work with off-shore banks, open bank accounts in Switzerland to exploit tax advantages. The disclosure also revealed that using such cunning financial ways Romney has lowered the tax rate he pays to 15 percent while average tax rate for Americans is at 35 percent.
Aside from Turkcell he has invested in institutions such as National Bank of Greece and Chinese Life Insurance Company, according to the tax records.
With a net worth estimated at $250 million Romney’s revenue for the last two years was $42,6 millions the records has revealed.
