23 People 23015 Fact-checks 7751 Articles People (23) The Trump Talks Tax March Yes on 10 campaign Students for Trump Vets for Trump No Tax For Tracks The Tax Foundation Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump 10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers President Trump's lawyers Donald Trump Jr. Wisconsin Trump Victory Americans Against Food Taxes Ax The Bev Tax Americans For Tax Reform Politics Elite Trump Fact-checks (23015) 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 Jeff Fitzgerald stated on December 27, 2010 in a television interview: Says 15,000 IRS employees "have to be added to administer ‘ObamaCare’ and look at the tax implications." By Tom Kertscher• January 14, 2011 Rick Scott stated on February 07, 2023 in an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 10, 2023 Paul Ryan stated on October 09, 2011 in a television interview: Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt. By Dave Umhoefer• October 20, 2011 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 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 Ron Klein stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.: "The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills." By Laura Figueroa• August 30, 2010 Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2024 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris voted in favor of passing a law in 2022 to tax tips. By Sofia Ahmed• August 15, 2024 Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video: Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance." By Manuela Tobias• July 10, 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 Mark Kirk stated on March 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House: "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the IRS would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the American people and impose the new taxes and mandates" of the health care bill. By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2010 Tom Price stated on June 29, 2012 in a television interview: Sixteen thousand new Internal Revenue Service agents will be "empowered to enforce" the new health care legislation. By Willoughby Mariano• July 10, 2012 Tom Cotton stated on August 03, 2022 in an ad: The Inflation Reduction Act "doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund." By Tom Kertscher• August 23, 2022 Association of Mature American Citizens stated on November 10, 2012 in a direct mail letter: "If you and I fail to defund ObamaCare now, some 16,000 new IRS agents will be begin prying into our private medical records, eyeing each and every one of our treatments and prescriptions for "violations’." By John Hill• December 2, 2012 David Dewhurst stated on April 16, 2014 in a video ad: Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes." By W. Gardner Selby• April 28, 2014 Michele Bachmann stated on January 25, 2011 in a rebuttal to the State of the Union address: The federal government "may put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill." By Louis Jacobson• January 26, 2011 Bloggers stated on January 11, 2018 in a blog post: "Twitter caught leaking Donald Trump’s private messages in undercover sting." By Bill McCarthy• June 28, 2018 Mike Johnson stated on November 05, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.” By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2023 Anthony Weiner stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 8, 2016 Bryan Steil stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter: Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.” By Laura Schulte• November 12, 2021 Articles (7751) Trump's old taxes can't be audited as part of IRS deal. That's unprecedented — and hard to reverse By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2026 Were two-thirds of groups targeted by IRS not conservative? By W. Gardner Selby• June 13, 2013 Fact-checking Trump’s rally with Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, but not Ron DeSantis By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• November 7, 2022 Trump's pick for health chief rides the Truth-O-Meter By Jim Tharpe• November 30, 2016 Fact-checking Day 1 of the New Hampshire GOP summit By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 14, 2023 The fallout from spreading election falsehoods: lawsuits, settlements and bankruptcy filings By Madison Czopek• June 13, 2024 Seth Rich: Separating fact and speculation By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2017 Scandal-o-rama! By Becky Bowers• May 24, 2013 The race for the Nevada Senate seat: A guide By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2022 Inside the SC Johnson vs. David Cay Johnston dispute on corporate taxes By Dave Umhoefer• September 12, 2011 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Wheeling, W.Va. By Mitchell Blahut, Bob Britten, Louis Jacobson, Emily Martin, Douglas Soule• September 30, 2018 PolitiFact's guide to the 2016 presidential candidate tax plans By Linda Qiu• April 7, 2016 Fact checking the Milwaukee GOP debate By Tom Kertscher• November 11, 2015 McAuliffe, Youngkin swap bogus tax and spending claims By Warren Fiske• October 29, 2021 How many times has Jim Justice been sued for not paying his bills? By Natalie Bowman, Katie Minor• October 29, 2020 Wealthy Illinois candidates face tax disclosure minefield By Matt Dietrich• November 21, 2017 Donald Trump, Pam Bondi and $25K: Was it pay to play? By Allison Graves• September 21, 2016 Were two-thirds of groups targeted by IRS not conservative? By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2013 PolitiFact Sheet: What you need to know about Proposition 123 By Anthony Cave• May 9, 2016 Fact-checking the first presidential debate By Linda Qiu• September 27, 2016
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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 Jeff Fitzgerald stated on December 27, 2010 in a television interview: Says 15,000 IRS employees "have to be added to administer ‘ObamaCare’ and look at the tax implications." By Tom Kertscher• January 14, 2011 Rick Scott stated on February 07, 2023 in an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 10, 2023 Paul Ryan stated on October 09, 2011 in a television interview: Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt. By Dave Umhoefer• October 20, 2011 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 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 Ron Klein stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.: "The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills." By Laura Figueroa• August 30, 2010 Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2024 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris voted in favor of passing a law in 2022 to tax tips. By Sofia Ahmed• August 15, 2024 Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video: Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance." By Manuela Tobias• July 10, 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 Mark Kirk stated on March 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House: "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the IRS would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the American people and impose the new taxes and mandates" of the health care bill. By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2010 Tom Price stated on June 29, 2012 in a television interview: Sixteen thousand new Internal Revenue Service agents will be "empowered to enforce" the new health care legislation. By Willoughby Mariano• July 10, 2012 Tom Cotton stated on August 03, 2022 in an ad: The Inflation Reduction Act "doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund." By Tom Kertscher• August 23, 2022 Association of Mature American Citizens stated on November 10, 2012 in a direct mail letter: "If you and I fail to defund ObamaCare now, some 16,000 new IRS agents will be begin prying into our private medical records, eyeing each and every one of our treatments and prescriptions for "violations’." By John Hill• December 2, 2012 David Dewhurst stated on April 16, 2014 in a video ad: Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes." By W. Gardner Selby• April 28, 2014 Michele Bachmann stated on January 25, 2011 in a rebuttal to the State of the Union address: The federal government "may put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill." By Louis Jacobson• January 26, 2011 Bloggers stated on January 11, 2018 in a blog post: "Twitter caught leaking Donald Trump’s private messages in undercover sting." By Bill McCarthy• June 28, 2018 Mike Johnson stated on November 05, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.” By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2023 Anthony Weiner stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 8, 2016 Bryan Steil stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter: Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.” By Laura Schulte• November 12, 2021
Trump's old taxes can't be audited as part of IRS deal. That's unprecedented — and hard to reverse By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2026 Were two-thirds of groups targeted by IRS not conservative? By W. Gardner Selby• June 13, 2013 Fact-checking Trump’s rally with Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, but not Ron DeSantis By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• November 7, 2022 Trump's pick for health chief rides the Truth-O-Meter By Jim Tharpe• November 30, 2016 Fact-checking Day 1 of the New Hampshire GOP summit By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 14, 2023 The fallout from spreading election falsehoods: lawsuits, settlements and bankruptcy filings By Madison Czopek• June 13, 2024 Seth Rich: Separating fact and speculation By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2017 Scandal-o-rama! By Becky Bowers• May 24, 2013 The race for the Nevada Senate seat: A guide By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2022 Inside the SC Johnson vs. David Cay Johnston dispute on corporate taxes By Dave Umhoefer• September 12, 2011 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Wheeling, W.Va. By Mitchell Blahut, Bob Britten, Louis Jacobson, Emily Martin, Douglas Soule• September 30, 2018 PolitiFact's guide to the 2016 presidential candidate tax plans By Linda Qiu• April 7, 2016 Fact checking the Milwaukee GOP debate By Tom Kertscher• November 11, 2015 McAuliffe, Youngkin swap bogus tax and spending claims By Warren Fiske• October 29, 2021 How many times has Jim Justice been sued for not paying his bills? By Natalie Bowman, Katie Minor• October 29, 2020 Wealthy Illinois candidates face tax disclosure minefield By Matt Dietrich• November 21, 2017 Donald Trump, Pam Bondi and $25K: Was it pay to play? By Allison Graves• September 21, 2016 Were two-thirds of groups targeted by IRS not conservative? By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2013 PolitiFact Sheet: What you need to know about Proposition 123 By Anthony Cave• May 9, 2016 Fact-checking the first presidential debate By Linda Qiu• September 27, 2016
