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Full Fact - All content→ Scottish taxes don’t subsidise English spending
A post on Facebook claims that income tax and tax raised on whisky sales in Scotland go “straight to England” to be spent on its priorities, and that Scotland subsidises England. This is not true. Firsty, the figures given for tax rev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Spend Thousands On Her ‘Tax The Rich’ Dress, Nor On Her Ticket To The Met Gala 2021
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spend thousands of dollars for her dress and her ticket to the Met Gala 2021, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art? No, that's not true: according to her communications director, Ocasio-Cortez's dress,
Snopes→ Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wear ‘Tax the Rich’ Dress to Met Gala?
Social media users widely shared pictures of the New York congresswoman, known as AOC, in September 2021.
Full Fact - All content→ What the National Insurance rise means for the tax burden
The government has recently announced plans to raise National Insurance by 2.5 percentage points for employees (split between employers and their staff) and 1.25 percentage points for the self-employed. Following this, the press has reported that the m
Snopes→ Did Fauci Spend Taxpayer Dollars on ‘Cruel and Unnecessary’ Test of Vaccine on Beagles?
Allocated government funds for the experiment reportedly totaled nearly a half-million dollars.
FactCheck.org→ Tax Credit for Plug-in Electric Vehicles Still Available for Certain Models
Dozens of electric cars and trucks still qualify for a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for buyers purchasing new plug-in electric vehicles. President Joe Biden misleadingly claimed that the Trump administration allowed the tax credit to expire, whic
Snopes→ Justice Says IRS Must Give Trump Tax Returns to Congress
The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.
Snopes→ Spanish Judge Recommends Shakira Face Tax Fraud Trial
Judge Marco Juberías wrote that his three-year probe found there existed “sufficient evidence of criminality” for the case to go to a trial judge.
Top Fact Checks→ The central government levies only 5 percent tax on LPG cylinders, whereas the state governments levy a tax of 55 percent.
The Central and the State governments do not levy separate taxes of their own on the LPG cylinders.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: IRS Income Taxes Are NOT Voluntary
Are Internal Revenue Service (IRS) income taxes voluntary? No, that's not true: The duties to file a tax return and pay federal income taxes owed are not voluntary. The requirements are enshrined in the Internal Revenue Code as well as re
WaPo Fact Checker→ The zombie claim that the 2017 tax cut gave ‘83 percent’ to the top 1 percent
Over and over, Democrats keep making this misleading claim. We’re tired of it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taxing Churches Would NOT Mean Everyone Would Only Pay 3% Of Their Taxes
Would taxing churches in the U.S. result in taxpayers paying only around 3% of what they pay now? No, that's not true: Although religious institutions may receive an estimated $71 billion in tax exemptions, the 3% statistic does not appea
Snopes→ Money in the Bank: Child Tax Credit Dollars Head to Parents
Previously, only people who earned enough money to owe income taxes could qualify for the credit.
Snopes→ Trump Organization and CFO Indicted on Tax Fraud Charges
Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged in what prosecutors called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme in which the executive collected more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including apartment r
Snopes→ AP Sources: Trump Company, Executive Indicted in Tax Probe
Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief have been indicted on charges stemming from a New York investigation into the former president’s business dealings, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Citizens Do NOT Pay A Percentage Of Their Taxes To The Queen Of England
Do U.S. citizens pay a percentage of their taxes to the queen of England via the IRS, and is the IRS not part of the federal government? No, that's not true: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Tre
WaPo Fact Checker→ White House chief of staff flubs tweet on Biden’s child tax credit
Ron Klain said every family with kids will get a tax credit, but some on the very high or low ends may be left out.
Snopes→ Biden White House Launches Public Push for Child Tax Credit
The White House sought to raise awareness of the federal government's new expanded child tax credit, which will start paying out monthly to families with children who are 17 years old and younger.
WaPo Fact Checker→ The misleading claim that Biden would raise taxes $28,000 per household
A House Republican lawmaker emailed constituents a mind-bending number for the cost of Biden's tax increases.
Snopes→ ProPublica Report Reveals How Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Other Billionaires Legally Avoid Taxes
It's called "income tax" for a reason.
Snopes→ ProPublica: Many of the Uber-Rich Pay Next to No Income Tax
The rich really are different from you and me: They’re better at dodging the tax collector.
Snopes→ Who is Eligible for the Expanded Child Tax Credit?
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act included measures to help low- to moderate-income families cover new expenses or job losses.
Snopes→ Bidens Paid 25.9% Rate and Earned $607,336, Tax Returns Show
Full Fact - All content→ The PM’s brother did not join Dyson days after tax texts
A number of posts on Facebook have claimed that the Prime Minister’s brother, Jo Johnson, was made a director at Dyson the week after the Prime Minister told the company’s Chief Engineer he had fixed a tax issue in a series of leaked text m
Full Fact - All content→ Boris Johnson repeats misleading council tax comparison
“On average, Labour councils charge you £93 more in band D than Conservative councils, and Liberal Democrat councils charge you £120 more” Boris Johnson, 28 April 2021. At Prime Minister’s Questions on 28 April, the Prime
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did Biden Say People Making Less Than $400K ‘Will Not Pay a Single Penny in Taxes’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-taxes-400k/ A viral video clip consists of a genuine excerpt fr
Snopes→ Did Biden Say People Making Less Than $400K ‘Will Not Pay a Single Penny in Taxes’?
The Biden administration's tax plan will not raise taxes on people making less than $400,000, but those people will still have to pay taxes.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘The Tax Increase Doesn’t Apply to the Whole Salary, Just the Amount Above $400,000’
On April 21 2021, an Imgur account shared an undated Twitter screenshot; the tweet was originally by the account by @davenewworld_2 (Fifty Shades of Whey) in October 2020: The tax increase doesn't apply to the whole salary, just the amount abov
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Trump Versus Biden Tax Plans’ Meme
A February 24 2021 Facebook post purportedly contrasted the dueling tax plans of former U.S. President Donald Trump with current U.S. President Joe Biden. The post was highly popular, accruing close to a million shares in just under two months: In wha
Liste→ Quebec exempt from federal carbon tax due to cap-and-trade system
Facebook posts shared thousands of times claim Quebec is exempt from carbon pricing. This is misleading, the province is exempt from Canada’s federal carbon tax because it puts a price on pollution through a cap-and-trade system that was in place yea
Snopes→ Chauvin’s Trial Leaves Many Black Viewers Emotionally Taxed
The televised trial of Derek Chauvin, the former white police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, has provoked strong emotions among many Black men and women.
Snopes→ Eager to Build Infrastructure, Biden Plans to Tax Business
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the plan is “about making an investment in America — not just modernizing our roads or railways or bridges but building an infrastructure of the future.”
Top Fact Checks→ Individuals earning $200,000 annually can be taxed under Biden’s proposed tax hike.
The tax hike will not affect everyone earning over £200k, but those whose family earnings exceed $400k may come under the ambit.
WaPo Fact Checker→ The sometimes-fuzzy $400,000 threshold in Biden’s tax plan
Biden has insisted that nobody making less than $400,000 will face higher taxes, but some officials have suggested that level could apply to families, not individuals.
Snopes→ IRS Will Delay Tax Filing Due Date Until May 17
Americans will be getting extra time to prepare their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service says it’s delaying the traditional tax filing deadline from April 15 until May 17.
Snopes→ Did Trump’s Tax Returns Reveal He Claimed Ted Cruz as Dependent?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Manhattan Prosecutor Gets Trump Tax Records After Long Fight
The Manhattan district attorney’s office enforced a subpoena on Trump’s accounting firm within hours of a Supreme Court ruling and now has the documents in hand.
Snopes→ What NY Prosecutors Could Learn from Trump’s Tax Records
Former prosecutors say the trove of records could give investigators new tools to determine whether Trump lied to lenders or tax officials, before or after he took office.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Won’t Halt Turnover of Trump’s Tax Records
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has been seeking Donald Trump’s tax records since 2019 as part of an investigation.