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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.”

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stated on September 29, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says Merrick Garland is investigating Donald Trump’s “tax evasion case.”

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stated on September 27, 2020 in a campaign ad

The typical elementary school teacher pays $7,239 in federal income taxes, and firefighters pay $5,328, while Donald Trump paid $750.

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stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post

In 2017, Joe Biden paid $3,742,974 in federal income taxes and Kamala Harris paid $516,469 while Donald Trump paid $750.

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stated on September 16, 2020 in a campaign ad

“Prop 15 will impose massive property tax increases on Solar in California.”

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stated on September 9, 2020 in a debate.

“82% of Americans...would experience a tax increase if Biden were elected.”

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stated on September 9, 2020 in an event in Detroit

“$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.

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stated on September 6, 2020 in a text post

Says Joe Biden “wants to put a 3% annual federal tax on your home.”

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Donald Trump Jr.

stated on September 2, 2020 in a tweet

“Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on 82% of all Americans.”

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stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would raise the federal income tax rate for a person with a bi-weekly gross salary of $3,000 to 39.6%, costing “nearly half your paycheck.”

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stated on August 24, 2020 in a Republican convention speech

Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”

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stated on August 4, 2020 in an ad

Says Joe Biden told Americans, ‘If you elect me, your taxes are going to be raised, not cut.”

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stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post

“Biden’s tax rate on a family making 75,000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%.”

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National Republican Senatorial Committee

stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad

Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”

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stated on August 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook

Trump’s plan “would suspend the 7.65% your employer matches. See? You will NOT get that, nor will your wage or salary increase by 7.65%”

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stated on August 9, 2020 in in a post on Facebook

“Let me splain how ‘no payroll taxes’ helps you, it doesn’t. It helps employers.”

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stated on August 10, 2020 in a post on social media

“Killing the payroll tax means killing Social Security.”

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stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media

Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.

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stated on June 25, 2020 in a TV interview

"The average family in America forks over more of their hard-earned income to their local hospital than to the IRS.”

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stated on May 24, 2020 in an interview

Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue growth.”

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall

By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2020

Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

By Madeline Heim • September 3, 2020

Donald Trump's payroll tax break not meant to help unemployed

Donald Trump's payroll tax break not meant to help unemployed

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020

The Senate stimulus bill: What’s in it for you

The Senate stimulus bill: What’s in it for you

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2020

Latest promises about Taxes

Create a health savings account

Allow individuals to deduct health care insurance premiums from taxes

Eliminate the marriage penalty

Create targeted child care tax credits

Cut taxes for everyone

Eliminate the carried interest loophole

Repeal the alternative minimum tax

Cut the number of tax brackets

Create a 10-percent repatriation tax

Lower the business tax rate

Eliminate the estate tax

Release his tax returns after an audit is completed

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