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Olympians will owe $9,000 in taxes on their medals?

By Louis Jacobson
August 1, 2012

With Americans paying close attention to the London Olympics, two leading figures in the conservative movement — Grover Norquist and Marco Rubio — have launched an effort to lighten the tax burden for athletes who win medals.

A July 31, 2012, blog post on the website of Norquist’s group, Americans for Tax Reform, had the headline, “Win Olympic Gold, Pay the IRS: U.S. Olympic medal winners will owe up to $9,000 to the IRS.”

We fact-checked the claim and concluded it was Mostly False. Read our fact-check for our complete analysis.

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