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Paul Ryan
stated on November 4, 2015 a TV interview:

The U.S. "tax rate on successful small businesses is 44.6 percent," while the business tax rate in Canada is 15 percent.

True

By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on December 1, 2015 a tweet:

"Last year, I stopped an Obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • December 7, 2015

Martha McSally
stated on November 17, 2015 a news conference:

The United States has "10,000 IRS agents making sure that you don't take an improper charity deduction," but to fight terrorism, it has "less than two dozen people focusing on countering violent extremism at home."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2015

Neil Cavuto
stated on November 12, 2015 a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network:

Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:

Says income tax rates under Eisenhower were as high as 90 percent.

True

By Joshua Gillin • November 15, 2015

Kiplinger.com
stated on October 26, 2015 press release:

Georgia is one of the 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees.

Half-True

By Nancy Badertscher • November 13, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a debate:

Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • November 12, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP undercard debate.:

The Democrats plan "to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent."

False

By Linda Qiu • November 12, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible."

True

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Chris Abele
stated on November 2, 2015 a TV ad:

Says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget "without raising taxes five years in a row."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • November 10, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.:

Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.

False

By Linda Qiu • November 5, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

"My plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • November 5, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.:

Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.

False

By Linda Qiu • November 4, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2015

Don Francis
stated on October 28, 2015 an interview with Watchdog.org:

Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.

True

By Nancy Badertscher • November 2, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire:

"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 comments at a rally.:

Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent."

Pants on Fire!

By Linda Qiu • October 20, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 a speech.:

"We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world."

False

By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • October 20, 2015

Glen Sturtevant
stated on October 2, 2015 a TV ad:

Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually."

False

By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2015

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