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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.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 28, 2020
Thom Tillis
stated on September 14, 2020 in a debate:
Says Cal Cunningham “got a $40,000 tax incentive to update his butler’s pantry.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 28, 2020
Bob Good
stated on September 9, 2020 in a debate.:
“82% of Americans…would experience a tax increase if Biden were elected.”
False
By Bill McCarthy, Warren Fiske • September 22, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on September 9, 2020 in an event in Detroit:
“$400,000 … is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on September 6, 2020 in a text post:
Says Joe Biden “wants to put a 3% annual federal tax on your home.”
False
By Daniel Funke • September 8, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on September 2, 2020 in a tweet:
“Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on 82% of all Americans.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 4, 2020
Facebook posts
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.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 26, 2020
Nikki Haley
stated on August 24, 2020 in a Republican convention speech:
Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2020
America First
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.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • August 20, 2020
Facebook posts
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%.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 20, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad:
Cal Cunningham “voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”
True
By Paul Specht • August 13, 2020
Facebook posts
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%”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020
Facebook posts
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.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2020 in a post on social media:
“Killing the payroll tax means killing Social Security.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020
Facebook posts
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.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2020
Mike Gallagher
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.”
True
By Madeline Heim • July 22, 2020
Dan Patrick
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.”
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • June 8, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media:
“Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on May 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 7, 2020
YouTube videos
stated on April 12, 2020 in social media posts:
The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you’re automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2020
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