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All Fact-checks for Taxes

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters

“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”

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stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech.

Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”

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stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview

“Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”

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stated on January 6, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook

“Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.”

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Citizens for Sanity

stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad

President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."

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Senate Leadership Fund

stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad

Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”

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stated on October 18, 2022 in a campaign ad

Val Demings "voted with Pelosi to raise taxes over $4,000 on Florida families."

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Citizens Against Government Waste

stated on August 31, 2022 in a Facebook ad

“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."

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stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet

“WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”

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stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad

Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”

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Instagram posts

stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post

“America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.”

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Raphael Warnock

stated on August 29, 2022 in a speech in Albany, Ga.

The child tax credit passed under President Joe Biden “has helped 97% of the families with children who are living in poverty.”

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stated on August 25, 2022 in a tweet

Gov. Ron DeSantis raised "taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations."

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Herschel Walker

stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet

Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”

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stated on August 24, 2022 in a Tweet

“Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.”

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stated on August 24, 2022 in a newsletter

“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even result in audits of innocent Americans who have paid their taxes and don’t owe the IRS anything.”

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stated on August 25, 2022 in a post

Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service.

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stated on August 13, 2022 in remarks at the Iowa State Fair

“$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes.

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stated on August 7, 2022 in News release

"Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."

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stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement.

A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.”

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Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address

Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address

By Emily Delgado • January 11, 2023

Group says tax returns show Trump paid what he owed, but only audits can confirm that

Group says tax returns show Trump paid what he owed, but only audits can confirm that

By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2023

Verificamos el evento de campaña de Donald Trump con Marco Rubio, pero sin Ron DeSantis

Verificamos el evento de campaña de Donald Trump con Marco Rubio, pero sin Ron DeSantis

By Yacob Reyes • November 7, 2022

Verificamos lo que dijeron Marco Rubio y Val Demings en la contienda de Florida por el Senado

Verificamos lo que dijeron Marco Rubio y Val Demings en la contienda de Florida por el Senado

By Yacob Reyes • November 7, 2022

Charlie Crist vs. Ron DeSantis: How months of digs and dubious claims size up

Charlie Crist vs. Ron DeSantis: How months of digs and dubious claims size up

By Yacob Reyes • November 7, 2022

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s final midterm rallies in Pennsylvania, New York, Florida

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s final midterm rallies in Pennsylvania, New York, Florida

By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2022

GOP leaders are proposing tax cuts. Could that drive inflation?

GOP leaders are proposing tax cuts. Could that drive inflation?

By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2022

Fact-checking Marco Rubio and Val Demings in Florida Senate race

Fact-checking Marco Rubio and Val Demings in Florida Senate race

By Yacob Reyes • November 6, 2022

Fact-checking Trump’s rally with Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, but not Ron DeSantis

Fact-checking Trump’s rally with Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, but not Ron DeSantis

By Yacob Reyes • November 6, 2022

Fact-checking Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia's Senate race

Fact-checking Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia's Senate race

By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022

Marco Rubio lanza un ataque engañoso contra Val Demings sobre los impuestos

Marco Rubio lanza un ataque engañoso contra Val Demings sobre los impuestos

By Yacob Reyes • October 31, 2022

Verificamos 10 afirmaciones del debate entre Ron DeSantis y Charlie Crist para gobernador de Florida

Verificamos 10 afirmaciones del debate entre Ron DeSantis y Charlie Crist para gobernador de Florida

By Yacob Reyes • October 25, 2022

Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida's only gubernatorial debate

Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida's only gubernatorial debate

By Yacob Reyes • October 24, 2022

Experts say Biden’s achievements are similar to recent presidents. But Democrats aren't touting them

Experts say Biden’s achievements are similar to recent presidents. But Democrats aren't touting them

By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2022

Ad Watch: Florida GOP misleads on Crist’s stance on ‘defund the police,’ IRS

Ad Watch: Florida GOP misleads on Crist’s stance on ‘defund the police,’ IRS

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 29, 2022

The Democrats’ big IRA bill fulfills some Biden promises, leaves others behind

The Democrats’ big IRA bill fulfills some Biden promises, leaves others behind

By Jon Greenberg • August 12, 2022

The pros and cons of a gas tax holiday

The pros and cons of a gas tax holiday

By Ellie Borst • June 23, 2022

PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for April 2022

PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for April 2022

By D.L. Davis • May 3, 2022

Sen. Rick Scott says his GOP agenda didn’t call for a tax increase. Experts think it did

Sen. Rick Scott says his GOP agenda didn’t call for a tax increase. Experts think it did

By Madison Czopek • February 25, 2022

PPP loans do not need to be reported as taxable income on tax returns

PPP loans do not need to be reported as taxable income on tax returns

By Samantha Putterman • February 10, 2022

Latest promises about Taxes

Raise corporate tax rate to 28%

Offer up to $8,000 tax credit for child care

Establish an offshoring tax penalty

Require all federal candidates to release tax returns

No tax increase for anyone making less than $400,000

Create a health savings account

Allow individuals to deduct health care insurance premiums from taxes

Eliminate the marriage penalty

Create targeted child care tax credits

Cut taxes for everyone

Eliminate the carried interest loophole

Repeal the alternative minimum tax

Load more promises about Taxes