Attacks against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis began before he entered the 2024 presidential race. We’ve fact-checked claims about his record on taxes and elections and his fight with Disney.
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The Dispatch→ Fact Check: TV Ad Falsely Accuses DeSantis of Levying a New Tax
The Florida governor signed a law changing how an existing tax is collected. Continue reading Fact Check: TV Ad Falsely Accuses DeSantis of Levying a New Tax »
AllSides→ Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive
https://politifact.com/article/2023/may/18/disney-cancels-plans-for-florida-campus-amid-feud The Walt D
AllSides→ Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive
https://politifact.com/article/2023/may/18/disney-cancels-plans-for-florida-campus-amid-feud The Walt D
PolitiFact→ Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive
In 2020, with Ron DeSantis as governor, Florida approved up to $570 million in tax credits for The Walt Disney Co. for a regional campus in Orlando. But Disney backed out of the deal as their feud escalates.
FactCheck.org→ DeSantis’ Law Requiring Online Vendors to Charge Sales Tax Wasn’t a New Tax
A TV ad misleadingly accuses Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of increasing taxes. But the law in question didn’t create a new tax. Instead, it implemented a more effective way of collecting an existing tax. The law required online vendors to direct
PolitiFact→ MAGA Inc – Pro-Trump PAC says DeSantis pushed 23% national sales tax in Congress, omitting key details
“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
PolitiFact→ Robin Vos – Yes, Wisconsin's tax coffers would take a hit if Brewers leave
“When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salarie
PolitiFact→ How much economic impact do film and TV production tax credits yield for states?
New York is expanding a tax credit program for film and television production and calls it economically justified. But academic research of past programs counters that assertion.
The Dispatch→ Repealing the Payroll-Tax Cap Won’t Save Social Security
(Picture via Getty Images)Funding progressive dreams doesn’t mean just raising Elon Musk’s taxes.Continue reading Repealing the Payroll-Tax Cap Won’t Save Social Security »
PolitiFact→ New electric vehicle tax credit rules aim to reduce dependence on China, but present new obstacles
The US is pushing electric vehicle sales but also limiting tax credits for them. The limits are an effort to rely less on China.
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Ron DeSantis is right, Florida has one of the country’s lowest tax burdens
Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
Full Fact→ Viral figures on benefit fraud and tax evasion are wrong
Posts on social media make a series of specific claims about losses from benefit fraud and tax evasion, and the number of people investigating both.
AllSides→ Biden falsely credits tax that took effect in 2023 for deficit reduction in 2021 and 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/16/politics/fact-check-biden-deficit-minimum-tax/index.html President Joe B
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden says expanded child tax credit sharply cut poverty for Black children; data shows he’s right
“We cut Black child poverty in half in 2021 because of the child tax credit.”
Poynter→ Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
President Joe Biden proposed a $6.8 trillion budget this week that would impose tax hikes on the wealthy to bolster Medicare’s finances ands provide additional money to expand social programs. […] The post Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
When President Joe Biden released his $6.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, he made several claims about the economy, tax rates and Medicare. Some of them were accurate, we found; others were unsupported.
Full Fact→ Hundreds of people have been prosecuted for tax evasion in the last two years
A much lower figure tweeted by a Labour MP only included prosecutions for enabling tax evasion.
Logically→ Pressure on the U.K.’s asylum system has resulted in hotel accommodation for migrants costing taxpayers close to £7 million per day.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Legal Basis for Paying Federal Income Taxes
Quick Take The U.S. Constitution established Congress’ right to impose federal income taxes, and the Internal Revenue Service administers the laws that require payment of taxes. Yet social media posts falsely claim there is no law that requir
Logically→ Dr. Devi Shetty has written an open letter calling to end the 5 percent health service tax imposed by Modi Government.
The Dispatch→ How to Lose Elections and Still Cut Taxes
"I voted" stickers and buttons in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)Quirky circumstances may give Michigan Republicans bragging rights even though Democrats control the state legislature and governorship. The p
Logically→ Video shows an anti-Modi protest in London after an income tax raid on BBC’s India offices.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden miscalculates how much billionaires pay in taxes
The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
AllSides→ Biden’s Tax Rate Comparison for Billionaires and Schoolteachers
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/bidens-tax-rate-comparison-for-billionaires-and-schoolteachers/ Presi
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Tax Rate Comparison for Billionaires and Schoolteachers
President Joe Biden has said there are hundreds, if not a thousand, billionaires paying lower federal tax rates than schoolteachers, police officers, firefighters and nurses. What his audience may not know is that his comparison relies on including we
AllSides→ The Facts on Sen. Scott’s Claim That Biden Is a ‘Tax Cheat’
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/the-facts-on-sen-scotts-claim-that-biden-is-a-tax-cheat/ After Presid
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Sen. Scott’s Claim That Biden Is a ‘Tax Cheat’
After President Joe Biden took a veiled swipe at him during the State of the Union address, Sen. Rick Scott released an ad labeling Biden a “tax cheat.” Biden was first scrutinized in 2019 for using what one nonpartisan expert described as an “a
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – GOP wants a ‘30% tax on everything’? That ignores taxes that would end, bill’s limited chances
"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Sen. Rick Scott’s false claim that Joe Biden ‘cheated’ on taxes
President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
The Dispatch→ Cut Spending, Raise Taxes, or Wait for Economic Collapse
There are three options for dealing with entitlements. The post Cut Spending, Raise Taxes, or Wait for Economic Collapse appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez overestimates Trump tax cuts’ contribution to national debt
“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
The Dispatch→ How Taxpayer Receipts Could Improve the Debate Over Spending
(Photo illustration from Getty Images.)Americans struggle to understand how their tax dollars are spent.The post How Taxpayer Receipts Could Improve the Debate Over Spending appeared first on The Dispatch.
FactCheck.org→ Democrats Misleadingly Suggest Widespread GOP Support for FairTax Bill Unlikely to Become Law
Few Republican lawmakers have publicly supported a bill to replace most federal taxes with a national sales tax, a plan that has almost no chance of becoming law, or even passing in the GOP-led House of Representatives — certainly not in the 118
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump’s Tax Cuts and the National Debt
On January 25 2023, a Reddit account shared a screenshot of a tweet by musician and political blogger Jeff Tiedrich to r/WhitePeopleTwitter, asserting that former United States President Donald Trump’s tax cuts were “responsible for”
PolitiFact→ Glenn Youngkin – Youngkin is near the mark on tax growth claim
Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
PolitiFact→ Eric Adams – Claim about wealthy residents and taxes in New York City needs context
“Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”
Poynter→ Rappler has been cleared of tax evasion charges
Rappler, a leading news and fact-checking organization in the Philippines, just won a consolidated tax evasion lawsuit that has been ongoing for four years. Though there are still charges pending, […] The post Rappler has been cleared of tax evas
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Workers aren’t being paid up to $26,000 because of a COVID-19-related tax credit, as claim suggests
“Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Eggs, Chickens, and ‘Windfall Profit Tax’ Tweets
Amid concerns about the lack of availability and rocketing prices of eggs, a popular January 15 2023 post to Reddit’s r/SandersForPresident touched on one of the topics contained in public discussions: We need a windfall profits tax.