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This graph shows the estimated tax rate of the GOP candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as well as President Barack Obama in 2010. On February 16, Rick Santorum released four years of tax returns, roughly a month after Mitt Romney's tax returns had been an issue in the debates between the Republican candidates in the run-up to the Florida Presidential Preference Primary on , 2012.
Mitt Romney paid a tax rate of about ** percent in 2010, which corresponds to about * million U.S. dollars of taxes paid. This rate is due to the fact that nearly all of his income is taxed as capital gains at a rate of ** percent, rather than as earned income of up to ** percent. Mr Romney and his wife had an adjusted gross income of about **** million U.S. dollars in 2010. The newly released data from Mr and Mrs Santorum show that they had an adjusted gross income of about *** million U.S. dollars in 2010 and paid an effective tax rate of over ** percent. President Obama and his wife paid an effective tax rate of **** percent, with an adjusted gross income of about *** million U.S. dollars. The respective tax return forms for Mr Romney and his wife can be found ; for Mr Gingrich and wife, and for President Obama and his wife. The data for Mr and Mrs Santorum can be found .