How would you like to put a very valuable asset in your IRA and get to claim it was worth $0? <wink><wink>

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-usa-campaign-ro...

How did Romney's IRA grow so big?

Tax lawyers and accountants suggest an answer: Romney may have made use of an Internal Revenue Service loophole that allows investors to undervalue interests in investment partnerships when first putting them into an IRA. These assets can produce returns far in excess of those that could be generated from other investments made at the capped level.

An investor could even set an initial value for a partnership interest at zero dollars, because under tax regulations an interest in a partnership represents future income, not current value, said Chris Sanchirico, co-director of the Center for Tax Law and Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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