Hint #1:  It’s the candidate with the five offshore bank accounts.
Hint #2:  Its the offshore bank accounts that were missing.

FLORIDA – Some investments listed in Mitt and Ann Romney’s 2010 tax returns – including a now-closed Swiss bank account and other funds located overseas – were not explicitly disclosed in the personal financial statement the GOP presidential hopeful filed in August as part of his White House bid.

The Romney campaign described the discrepancies as “trivial” but acknowledged Thursday afternoon that they are undergoing an internal review of how the investments were reported and will make “some minor technical amendments” to Romney’s financial disclosure that will not alter the overall picture of his finances.

A review by the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau found that at least 23 funds and partnerships listed in the couple’s 2010 tax returns did not show up or were not listed in the same fashion on Romney’s most recent financial disclosure, including 11 based in low-tax foreign countries such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.

The campaign has stressed that Romney has paid all required U.S. taxes on his foreign funds.

Many of the funds are affiliated with Bain Capital, the Boston-based private equity firm Romney ran for 15 years. Several others are apparently unrelated offshore entities with mysterious names such as Babson 2006-1, which is based in the Cayman Islands, and Barracuda Investments, which has an address in Dublin, Ireland, but appears to be solely owned by Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm based in San Francisco.

Among the assets omitted is a Swiss bank account in Ann Romney’s blind trust that campaign officials said held $3 million of the couple’s money until it was closed in 2010. The account was listed on a financial disclosure Romney filed in 2007, but it was mistakenly named as an asset held by the couple, not as part of Ann Romney’s trust. The campaign said it is filing an amendment to the most recent report to reflect $1,700 worth of interest earned in the Swiss bank account in 2010, as well as another amendment to move the account to the appropriate category in the 2007 report.

The Romney campaign dismissed the omission of information as inadvertent and inconsequential, noting he has released more than 600 pages of information about his finances.  (keep reading)

Mitts Banks

Yeah, I think we can all relate to these mistakes.   I mean how often do we mix up our off shore bank accounts ?   It’s so easy to make the car payment from Geneva instead of the Luxembourg.   And the mortgage?  Yikes, if I’ve confused Ireland and the Cayman Island accounts once,  I swear I’ve done it a million times.   

C’mon this is so silly.  I’m certain he and Ann ate hamburger helper last night, they’re just like us.   If you don’t believe it, just ask them.

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