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Barack Obama stated on January 14, 2009 in statement to reporters:

Geithner's failure to pay self-employment taxes while working for the IMF "is a mistake that is commonly made for people who are working internationally or for international institutions."

By Robert Farley• January 16, 2009

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.”

By Amy Sherman• August 28, 2024

Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”

By Sara Swann• August 23, 2022

Donald Trump stated on May 18, 2026 in remarks at the White House:

"There's been numerous other occasions over the years” when the federal government created a reserve similar to a new $1.776 billion anti-weaponization settlement fund.

By Louis Jacobson• May 20, 2026

Tim Kaine stated on October 04, 2016 in a debate:

"Richard Nixon released tax returns when he was under audit."

By Sean Gorman• October 5, 2016

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate:

Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”

By Bill McCarthy• October 1, 2020

Chris Wallace stated on May 15, 2016 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday":

"Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns."

By Lauren Carroll• May 18, 2016

Mike Palicz stated on February 07, 2023 in a tweet:

The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”

By Loreben Tuquero• February 10, 2023

Mike Pence stated on October 04, 2016 in the vice presidential debate:

Says Donald Trump "hasn’t broken his promise" to release his tax returns.

By Linda Qiu• October 5, 2016

Bob Good stated on August 10, 2022 in a tweet.:

“Democrats are voting to add an army of 87,000 IRS agents who will target middle class taxpayers and conduct at least 1 million more audits each year. ”

By Warren Fiske, Jon Greenberg• August 17, 2022

Jeff Sessions stated on April 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."

By Miriam Valverde• April 27, 2017

Donald Trump stated on May 11, 2017 in an interview with 'The Economist':

The federal tax code includes "deductions for birds flying across America."

By Louis Jacobson• May 15, 2017

Ron Wyden stated on February 24, 2011 in a prepared statement:

Americans spend 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax law. It costs us $163 billion to comply with our tax laws annually.

By Charles Pope• February 5, 2011

Competitive Enterprise Institute stated on January 14, 2009 in a news release:

"Geithner still didn't correct the same type of error for some years, even after the Internal Revenue Service flagged him for the failure to pay the taxes in other years."

By Robert Farley• January 16, 2009

Hugh Hewitt stated on September 28, 2020 in a radio show:

President Donald Trump’s tax returns show “what any wealthy person's tax history is, if you can believe it — which is good years and bad years, years of immense taxes and years of almost no taxes at all because you carry over losses.”

By Bill McCarthy• September 30, 2020

Ron Johnson stated on August 07, 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."

By D.L. Davis• August 25, 2022

Joni Ernst 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.”

By Lyle Muller• August 31, 2022

Joe Biden stated on October 31, 2020 in a rally:

"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”

By Bill McCarthy• October 31, 2020

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.”

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• November 19, 2021

Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet:

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

By Amanda Boring• October 18, 2022

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