NBC journalist Chuck Todd reportedly asked Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney whether he’d release his tax returns this election cycle. “I never say never,” Romney responded, according to the New York Times. “I don’t intend to do so.”

So it would seem that Romney does not want to release his tax returns. That might not be too surprising. After all, he did not last time he ran for president—though much of the rest of the Democratic and Republican field did, including John McCain and Barack Obama. And when a candidate does release his returns, they are, like everything else, scrutinized—at least for a couple days.