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Barack Obama stated on August 01, 2012 in a TV ad:
Mitt Romney is proposing a tax plan "that would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year."
By Molly Moorhead• August 3, 2012
Democratic National Committee stated on November 28, 2011 in a campaign advertisement:
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on a taxpayer protection pledge.
By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2011
Paul Begala stated on August 12, 2012 in a Twitter post.:
Says Mitt Romney said at a January 2012 debate that under Paul Ryan’s tax plan, "I’d have paid no taxes in the last two years."  
By W. Gardner Selby• August 13, 2012
Harry Reid stated on July 31, 2012 in an interview with the Huffington Post:
Says Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for 10 years.
By Louis Jacobson• August 6, 2012
Barack Obama stated on August 18, 2012 in a speech at Windham High School in New Hampshire:
"His new running mate, Congressman Ryan, put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1 percent in taxes each year."
By Jake Berry• August 24, 2012
Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a surreptitiously recorded speech to donors at a fundraiser:
The "48, 49 percent" that supports President Barack Obama are "people who pay no income tax."
By Louis Jacobson• September 18, 2012
Barack Obama stated on May 05, 2012 in a campaign speech in Ohio:
Mitt Romney has "proposed cutting his own taxes while raising them on 18 million working families."
By Molly Moorhead• May 8, 2012
Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate:
Says six studies verify that the math adds up for Mitt Romney’s tax plan.
By Jon Greenberg• October 15, 2012
Priorities USA Action stated on March 30, 2012 in a television ad:
"Mitt Romney’s pledged to protect (oil companies') record profits – and their billions in special tax breaks, too."  
By Amy Sherman• April 6, 2012
Barack Obama stated on July 31, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Romney would add "trillions" to the deficit while Obama would "cut the deficit by $4 trillion."
By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2012
Barack Obama stated on August 09, 2012 in a campaign event:
Says Mitt Romney "wants to end tax credits for wind producers."
By Jon Greenberg• August 14, 2012
Barack Obama stated on May 05, 2012 in a speech in Columbus, Ohio:
Says Mitt Romney is proposing a "tax cut that gives an average of $250,000 to every millionaire in this country."
By Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2012
Rick Perry stated on December 15, 2011 in an Iowa TV ad.:
Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.
By W. Gardner Selby• December 22, 2011
Ted Strickland stated on August 27, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Says Mitt Romney’s tax plans would "give an additional $250,000 tax cut to millionaires and billionaires" while raising taxes on the middle class.
By Tom Feran• September 5, 2012
Jennifer Granholm stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says Mitt Romney "pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators."
By Jon Greenberg• January 18, 2015
Barack Obama stated on October 07, 2012 in an email to supporters:
Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000."
By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2012
Mitt Romney stated on January 04, 2007 in statements to the media:
On signing a no-tax pledge
By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2012
Edward Lindsey stated on August 22, 2011 in a press release:
"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."
By Eric Stirgus• August 30, 2011
Barack Obama stated on August 21, 2012 in a campaign email to New Hampshire press Aug. 21:
Says under the Romney-Ryan budget ... "the American Opportunity Tax Credit for college tuition would be eliminated."
By Maryalice Gill• August 31, 2012
John McCain stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.:
"(Romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million."
By Robert Farley• February 1, 2008

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Fact-checking Romney's private fundraiser remarks

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead• September 18, 2012

Obama and Romney on taxes

By Janel Davis• October 29, 2012

Romney: turning over the turnaround label

By David Baumann• September 27, 2007

Ad Watch: A look at Obama's attacks on Romney's tax and Medicare stances

By Warren Fiske• September 17, 2012

Ad Watch: A singing Romney is bashed for foreign business dealings

By Nancy Madsen• July 24, 2012

Presidential race blankets Virginia with partial truths

By Nancy Madsen• September 25, 2012

Greatest hits of the 2012 presidential campaign

By Becky Bowers, Maryalice Gill, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead, Katie Sanders, W. Gardner Selby• November 4, 2012

'Redistribution': Ominous or old hat?

By Bill Adair• September 21, 2012

Fact-checking the Denver presidential debate

By Becky Bowers• October 4, 2012

Biggest falsehoods of the presidential campaign

By Bill Adair• November 1, 2012

Fact-checking the Denver presidential debate

By Becky Bowers• October 4, 2012

Is it a tax? Or is it a penalty?

By Louis Jacobson• July 5, 2012

Romney put illegal immigrants to work, Perry says

By W. Gardner Selby• October 19, 2011

Fact-checking taxes in the presidential race

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 16, 2012

Fact-checking taxes in the presidential race

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 15, 2012

Romney's Hillary health care problem

By Jennifer Liberto• December 8, 2007

Romney's tax claim against McCain

By Adriel Bettelheim• January 4, 2008

Greatest hits from the Republican debates

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2011

Biden vs. Ryan: Our VP debate roundup

By Dave Umhoefer• October 12, 2012

Fact-checking the Iowa Republican debate

By Bill Adair, Martha M. Hamilton• December 11, 2011