All Taxes statements that are Mostly False

Misquotes a contested study by prominent economists

"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

UK market strong, but likely affected by tax

Kirsten Gillibrand

A transaction tax in countries like the UK "didn't affect their financial markets at all."

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, July 26th, 2019

Campaign is "Let's Be Honest." Ad isn't.

Priorities USA Action

"Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, July 26th, 2019

Studies fall short

Bernie Sanders

With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, July 22nd, 2019

In Albany, 'tax cut' open to debate

John Flanagan

"The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."

— PolitiFact New York on Monday, July 8th, 2019

Stat is both wrong and oversimplified

Chris Taylor

Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion since 2011

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, July 1st, 2019

Good news! You can have both

Joe Biden

"Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?"

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, June 19th, 2019

Plenty of infrastructure problems, but no such policy

Jim Durkin

"There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, June 16th, 2019

He voted for one of the three largest

Tina Freitas

State Sen. Emmett Hanger "has voted for the three largest tax increases - proposed tax increases - in Virginia history."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, April 30th, 2019

Not the case in at least 19 states

Think Big Illinois

"In almost every state with an income tax, wealthy people pay a higher tax rate than the middle class."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, April 21st, 2019

Cap not a problem for everyone

Andrew Cuomo

"Fifty-two counties have average taxes of above the SALT $10,000 cap."

— PolitiFact New York on Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

Video more funny than factual

Mark Walker

"HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put ads on TV."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

Uses a flawed comparison

James Lankford

"Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, March 7th, 2019

It depends on how they're structured

JB Pritzker

Says taxing more services, taxing retirement income and increasing the flat-rate income tax would "fall disproportionately on the working poor and the middle class."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, March 3rd, 2019

Refunds not the same as tax burden

Kamala Harris

"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."

— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

Poll didn't ask about a 70% rate

Michael Moore

"Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that."

— PunditFact on Wednesday, February 6th, 2019

Cause and effect aren't as simple as this claim asserts

Scott Walker

During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, "revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

If by 'soda tax,' we mean 'capital project'

Gery Chico

"In Springfield, Susana Mendoza voted to hit working families with a massive new soda tax."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, February 3rd, 2019

Looks and works like a tax hike

Eileen Filler-Corn

"There is no tax increase in the governor’s budget plan."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, January 29th, 2019

How soaked are the rich?

Maria Bartiromo

"According to the Tax Foundation, the top 10 percent of earners already pay almost 80 percent of all taxes."

— PunditFact on Thursday, January 24th, 2019