Latest Fact-checks in Taxes Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000." Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations." Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.” Wisco Project stated on September 16, 2024 in Social media ads: “If you make less than $100,000, Trump is about to raise your taxes. Currently, you’re taxed at 10% and then 12%. He would raise that to a flat rate of 15%.” One Nation stated on August 23, 2024 in an ad: “Sen. Jacky Rosen voted to increase taxes on families making less than $75,000 a year.” Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in su discurso de aceptación en la Convención Nacional Demócrata: El expresidente Donald Trump “tiene la intención de promulgar lo que, en efecto, es un impuesto nacional sobre las ventas…que elevaría los precios para las familias de clase media a casi $4,000 al año”. Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a post: Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!” Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention: Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year." Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a speech in Las Vegas: “Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” Sam Brown stated on August 9, 2024 in an X post: Jacky Rosen “said ending taxes on tips would ‘hurt working Nevada families.’” JD Vance stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview: Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.” Joe Biden stated on May 16, 2024 in News release: "The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn." Ritchie Torres stated on May 23, 2024 in a television interview: “The loss of SALT deductibility cost our state $15 billion in revenue. So New Yorkers are paying more in taxes and receiving fewer services because of Donald Trump.” Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.” Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.” Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2024 in Public appearance: "There are a thousand billionaires now and you know what their average tax rate is? 8%." Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents." Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “El nuevo Programa de Alivio de Impuestos está ayudando a miles de hispanos a que por fin puedan liquidar sus impuestos de una vez por todas”. Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief." Fight Right Inc. stated on December 6, 2023 in a TV ad: Nikki Haley “raised taxes.” Alex Mooney stated on November 2, 2023 in a post on X: Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.” Melissa Agard stated on July 27, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: Potato chips, KitKat bars and Viagra are not taxed in Wisconsin because they are considered "essential." Americans for Prosperity stated on July 17, 2023 in a Facebook ad: “The Inflation Reduction Act led to higher taxes.” Tricia Cotham stated on September 25, 2023 in an interview on WBT-FM: The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.” Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” MAGA Inc stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad: “In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.” Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." Ron Johnson stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement: Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.” Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland: The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
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Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000." Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations." Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.” Wisco Project stated on September 16, 2024 in Social media ads: “If you make less than $100,000, Trump is about to raise your taxes. Currently, you’re taxed at 10% and then 12%. He would raise that to a flat rate of 15%.” One Nation stated on August 23, 2024 in an ad: “Sen. Jacky Rosen voted to increase taxes on families making less than $75,000 a year.” Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in su discurso de aceptación en la Convención Nacional Demócrata: El expresidente Donald Trump “tiene la intención de promulgar lo que, en efecto, es un impuesto nacional sobre las ventas…que elevaría los precios para las familias de clase media a casi $4,000 al año”. Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a post: Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!” Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention: Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year." Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a speech in Las Vegas: “Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” Sam Brown stated on August 9, 2024 in an X post: Jacky Rosen “said ending taxes on tips would ‘hurt working Nevada families.’” JD Vance stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview: Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.” Joe Biden stated on May 16, 2024 in News release: "The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn." Ritchie Torres stated on May 23, 2024 in a television interview: “The loss of SALT deductibility cost our state $15 billion in revenue. So New Yorkers are paying more in taxes and receiving fewer services because of Donald Trump.” Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.” Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.” Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2024 in Public appearance: "There are a thousand billionaires now and you know what their average tax rate is? 8%." Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents." Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “El nuevo Programa de Alivio de Impuestos está ayudando a miles de hispanos a que por fin puedan liquidar sus impuestos de una vez por todas”. Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief." Fight Right Inc. stated on December 6, 2023 in a TV ad: Nikki Haley “raised taxes.” Alex Mooney stated on November 2, 2023 in a post on X: Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.” Melissa Agard stated on July 27, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: Potato chips, KitKat bars and Viagra are not taxed in Wisconsin because they are considered "essential." Americans for Prosperity stated on July 17, 2023 in a Facebook ad: “The Inflation Reduction Act led to higher taxes.” Tricia Cotham stated on September 25, 2023 in an interview on WBT-FM: The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.” Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” MAGA Inc stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad: “In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.” Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." Ron Johnson stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement: Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.” Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland: The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000."
Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."
Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”
Wisco Project stated on September 16, 2024 in Social media ads: “If you make less than $100,000, Trump is about to raise your taxes. Currently, you’re taxed at 10% and then 12%. He would raise that to a flat rate of 15%.”
One Nation stated on August 23, 2024 in an ad: “Sen. Jacky Rosen voted to increase taxes on families making less than $75,000 a year.”
Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in su discurso de aceptación en la Convención Nacional Demócrata: El expresidente Donald Trump “tiene la intención de promulgar lo que, en efecto, es un impuesto nacional sobre las ventas…que elevaría los precios para las familias de clase media a casi $4,000 al año”.
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a post: Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!”
Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention: Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."
Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a speech in Las Vegas: “Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.”
Sam Brown stated on August 9, 2024 in an X post: Jacky Rosen “said ending taxes on tips would ‘hurt working Nevada families.’”
JD Vance stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview: Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”
Joe Biden stated on May 16, 2024 in News release: "The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."
Ritchie Torres stated on May 23, 2024 in a television interview: “The loss of SALT deductibility cost our state $15 billion in revenue. So New Yorkers are paying more in taxes and receiving fewer services because of Donald Trump.”
Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.”
Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2024 in Public appearance: "There are a thousand billionaires now and you know what their average tax rate is? 8%."
Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."
Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “El nuevo Programa de Alivio de Impuestos está ayudando a miles de hispanos a que por fin puedan liquidar sus impuestos de una vez por todas”.
Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."
Alex Mooney stated on November 2, 2023 in a post on X: Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.”
Melissa Agard stated on July 27, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: Potato chips, KitKat bars and Viagra are not taxed in Wisconsin because they are considered "essential."
Americans for Prosperity stated on July 17, 2023 in a Facebook ad: “The Inflation Reduction Act led to higher taxes.”
Tricia Cotham stated on September 25, 2023 in an interview on WBT-FM: The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.”
Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
MAGA Inc stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad: “In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."
Ron Johnson stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement: Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”
Ron DeSantis stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland: The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
