Exclusive: Santorum releases four years of tax returns

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By MAGGIE HABERMAN |
2/15/12 8:26 PM EST

Rick Santorum said they would come this week, and here are four years worth of his taxes, from years 2007 through 2010.

They can be found here, here, here and here. The returns are the most in number that have been released by any of the major GOP contenders - Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney didn't release several years' worth.

<..> UPDATE: And I was remiss in failing to mention that the Santorums claim several of their seven kids as dependants, a reminder of why their household income doesn't stretch perhaps as far as they'd like, although it's still a sizable annual income. However, the Santorums reported far less than either Gingrich or Romney in income - Romney in 2010 reported $21.7 million in income, while Gingrich and his wife had an adjusted gross income of over $3.1 million for the same year.

Also, their tax rate appears to be close to 30 percent. Romney made headlines when he said his effective rate was about 15 percent, which is being paid on income that is not wages, but from investments.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-habe...14653.html

Tax returns:
2007 http://images.politico.com/global/2012/0...taxes.html
2008 http://images.politico.com/global/2012/0..._taxes.pdf
2009 http://images.politico.com/global/2012/02/taxes.html
2010 http://images.politico.com/global/2012/0...s2010.html