Latest Fact-Checks In Taxes

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 15, 2023 a speech in Lanham, Maryland
The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 an ad
President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on January 27, 2023 an interview with reporters
“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 6, 2023 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.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 17, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 21, 2022 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.”
False
September 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2022 a post
Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service.
False
August 30, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 17, 2022 Instagram post
"Biden is adding more IRS agents to investigate your taxes than we have detectives investigating every crime in the country.”
False
August 23, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 21, 2022 an Instagram post
“Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”
False
By Sara Swann • August 23, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2022 a Facebook post
Photos show “an IRS agent training class.”
False
August 19, 2022
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on August 10, 2022 an interview on Fox News
“The Congressional Budget Office says 90% of the revenue generated from the new IRS agents will come from people making less than $200,000 … and the revenue generated will be $300-plus billion.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 4, 2022 interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News
The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
False
August 12, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 6, 2022 a speech in Cleveland
The “average federal income tax” paid by the richest Americans is “8%. … If you’re a cop, a teacher, a firefighter, union worker, you probably pay two to three times that.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 21, 2022 a Facebook post
“DeSantis erases Disney’s tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!”
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 27, 2022
Pam Helming
Pam Helming
stated on March 8, 2022 a radio interview
"Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 17, 2022
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on March 6, 2022 an ad
"Marco Rubio is following his party bosses, like Rick Scott, with his plan to raise taxes on Florida's working families, retirees and veterans."
False
March 9, 2022
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on January 7, 2022 an ad
Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”
False
February 28, 2022
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on December 12, 2021 an interview on Fox News Sunday
“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 prepared remarks for a House floor speech
“If you or your family spends $28 a day — prepare to be under constant audit by the IRS.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 a House floor speech
“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2021
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on September 9, 2021 a debate
“Three percent is not a modest tax increase, if you own a $100,000 home in the city of Buffalo, that means an extra $300 a year.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2021
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