Warren Buffett's file

None from Nebraska

Warren Buffett is an investor and philanthropist. He is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., based in Omaha, Neb.

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Recent statements about Warren Buffett

The money talks. It says Trump is wrong.

Donald Trump

"Many of (Hillary Clinton's) friends took bigger deductions (than me). Warren Buffett took a massive deduction. (George) Soros, who is a friend of hers, took a massive deduction."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

Recent statements made by Warren Buffett

You have to be REALLY rich to pay less

Warren Buffett

The "mega-rich" pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class "fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then are hit with heavy payroll taxes to boot."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Recent stories featuring Warren Buffett

High 5: Most-clicked fact checks include guns and patriotism, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

How much more wealth three people have compared to 160 million Americans also in the mix.

No, Warren Buffett didn't say Obamacare should be scrapped

A media hubbub over Warren Buffett's purported rejection of President Barack Obama's health care law was based on an interview that ran three and a half years ago, before Congress even passed the law.

A history of taxing claims

Is your head spinning from filing your income taxes? Over the last year, we've fact-checked some dizzying claims about the tax system, who pays more and less. Here are some goodies that have been crunched by the Truth-O-Meter.