Latest False Fact-checks in Taxes 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.’” Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.” 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%." 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”. Alex Mooney stated on November 2, 2023 in a post on X: Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.” 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.” 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." Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” 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.” Facebook posts 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.” 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.” Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service. Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2022 in Instagram post: "Biden is adding more IRS agents to investigate your taxes than we have detectives investigating every crime in the country.” Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photos show “an IRS agent training class.” Tim Scott stated on August 10, 2022 in 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.” Matt Gaetz stated on August 4, 2022 in interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News: The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.” Joe Biden stated on July 6, 2022 in 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.” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “DeSantis erases Disney’s tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!” Pam Helming stated on March 8, 2022 in a radio interview: "Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State." Val Demings stated on March 6, 2022 in 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." Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on January 7, 2022 in an ad: Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.” Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in 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.” Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in 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.” Byron Brown stated on September 9, 2021 in 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.” Viral image stated on October 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Under part 2 of the infrastructure bill, upon death the entire value of your accumulated wealth and estate will be taxed at 61%.” Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2021 in social media posts: “Were you aware the $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure package includes an animal agriculture tax of $2,600‼️ per head of cattle? $500 for swine!!!" Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The yearly cost of religious tax exemptions: $71 billion. If the church paid taxes, everyone would only have to pay 3% taxes.”
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.’” Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.” 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%." 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”. Alex Mooney stated on November 2, 2023 in a post on X: Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.” 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.” 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." Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” 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.” Facebook posts 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.” 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.” Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service. Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2022 in Instagram post: "Biden is adding more IRS agents to investigate your taxes than we have detectives investigating every crime in the country.” Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photos show “an IRS agent training class.” Tim Scott stated on August 10, 2022 in 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.” Matt Gaetz stated on August 4, 2022 in interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News: The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.” Joe Biden stated on July 6, 2022 in 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.” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “DeSantis erases Disney’s tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!” Pam Helming stated on March 8, 2022 in a radio interview: "Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State." Val Demings stated on March 6, 2022 in 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." Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on January 7, 2022 in an ad: Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.” Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in 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.” Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in 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.” Byron Brown stated on September 9, 2021 in 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.” Viral image stated on October 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Under part 2 of the infrastructure bill, upon death the entire value of your accumulated wealth and estate will be taxed at 61%.” Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2021 in social media posts: “Were you aware the $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure package includes an animal agriculture tax of $2,600‼️ per head of cattle? $500 for swine!!!" Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The yearly cost of religious tax exemptions: $71 billion. If the church paid taxes, everyone would only have to pay 3% taxes.”
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.’”
Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.”
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%."
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”.
Alex Mooney stated on November 2, 2023 in a post on X: Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.”
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.”
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."
Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
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.”
Facebook posts 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.”
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.”
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service.
Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2022 in Instagram post: "Biden is adding more IRS agents to investigate your taxes than we have detectives investigating every crime in the country.”
Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photos show “an IRS agent training class.”
Tim Scott stated on August 10, 2022 in 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.”
Matt Gaetz stated on August 4, 2022 in interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News: The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
Joe Biden stated on July 6, 2022 in 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.”
Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “DeSantis erases Disney’s tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!”
Pam Helming stated on March 8, 2022 in a radio interview: "Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State."
Val Demings stated on March 6, 2022 in 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."
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on January 7, 2022 in an ad: Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”
Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in 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.”
Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in 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.”
Byron Brown stated on September 9, 2021 in 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.”
Viral image stated on October 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Under part 2 of the infrastructure bill, upon death the entire value of your accumulated wealth and estate will be taxed at 61%.”
Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2021 in social media posts: “Were you aware the $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure package includes an animal agriculture tax of $2,600‼️ per head of cattle? $500 for swine!!!"
Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The yearly cost of religious tax exemptions: $71 billion. If the church paid taxes, everyone would only have to pay 3% taxes.”
