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Snopes→ Biden to Call for 3-Month Suspension of Gas and Diesel Taxes
President Joe Biden will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months.
Full Fact→ Health spending isn’t set to account for almost half of all taxes
Figures quoted by LBC presenter Nick Ferrari didn’t take account of the total amount of public spending.
PolitiFact→ Democratic Party of Wisconsin – Democrats still exaggerating GOP backing of Scott’s plan on Social Security, Medicare, taxes
Republican politicians are pushing a plan "that could raise taxes on almost one in three Wisconsinites and sunset Social Security and Medicare in five years."
Washington Post→ Dissecting White House spin that most Republicans want to raise taxes
The White House keeps doubling down on the false claim that there is brosd support among the GOP to raise middle-class taxes.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Paying your taxes is mandatory, not optional
“Paying taxes is optional!!”
FactCheck.org→ Context for Ohio GOP Senate Race Spat on Taxes
In the crowded Republican primary field for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, candidate Mike Gibbons charges in a TV ad that his cohorts have taken his words on taxes “out of context” — but his ad leaves out context and stretches the facts
PolitiFact→ Mike Gibbons – In Senate race, JD Vance’s call for higher taxes is only for certain corporations, corporate leaders
“J.D. Vance called for higher taxes.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Florida, Disney, and Taxes
On April 21 2022, several news organizations reported that Florida revoked Disney’s tax status in retaliation for the company’s position on the “Don’t Say Gay” (formally called the Parental Rights in Education) bill —
Washington Post→ Biden’s false claim that ‘congressional Republicans’ want to raise taxes
The White House has taken an idea proposed by one GOP senator, embraced by no other Republicans, and twisted it into a new policy push to raise taxes on middle-class Americans.
PolitiFact→ Rebecca Kleefisch – Kleefisch didn’t have the power to cut taxes on her own as lieutenant governor
“As your Lieutenant Governor…I cut your taxes.”
Full Fact→ Keir Starmer wrong to suggest taxes aren’t rising on stocks and shares
“Today the government chooses to impose a new tax on people and it's only on working people by the way, so if you’re working you get taxed. If you’re a landlord with very many properties, if you make your money from stocks and shares
Snopes→ How You Can File Federal Taxes for Free Through the IRS
The IRS Free File program is a nonprofit, public-private partnership.
Snopes→ Biden’s Budget Plan: Higher Taxes on Rich, Lower Deficits
President Joe Biden announced a budget blueprint that calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, lower federal deficits, more money for police and greater funding for education, public health and housing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Pass Bill Raising Taxes In 2021 And Every Two Years Until 2027
Did former President Donald Trump pass a bill in 2017 that increased tax rates for taxpayers making $75,000 or less starting in 2021 and ending in 2027? No, that's not true: Although an analysis of the 2017 Tax Cuts And Jobs Act (TCJA) su
Truth or Fiction?→ Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘If You Look at the Ice Ages, None of the People Back in the Ices Ages Paid a Bunch of Taxes to Melt the Ice’
On January 6 2022, a Twitter thread addressed comments about climate change and “ice ages” taxes purportedly made by Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) the previous night during an appearance on Tim Pool’s podcast: &
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: IRS DOES Explain That People Who Steal Property Must Report It In Their Taxes
Has the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published material explaining that people who steal property must report that stolen property in their taxes? Yes, it has: The summary, located in Publication 17, an informational guide for federal i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: You Can NOT Simply Declare Yourself Not A US Citizen To Avoid Income Taxes
Can you declare yourself not a U.S. citizen to avoid paying taxes to the IRS? No, that's not true: The U.S. Constitution and the Internal Revenue Code clearly define citizenship and how a "person" is defined for tax purposes. The tactic i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Does NOT Show A Legal Way To Avoid Income Taxes On Tips
Does a social media post show a legal way around income taxes on tips? No, that's not true. The IRS says "All cash and non-cash tips" are income and are subject to federal income taxes. States with income taxes may also tax gratuities. De
PolitiFact→ How the Build Back Better bill affects taxes for millionaires, the middle class
How the Build Back Better bill affects taxes for millionaires, the middle class
Full Fact→ England hasn’t ‘kept’ £450 billion of Scottish taxes since 2001
A post on Facebook claims that since 2001, Scotland has sent £900 billion in tax to “Westminster” but only received £447.5 billion in return, meaning that Scotland subsidises England. It doesn’t. What this post fails to in
Washington Post→ Kevin McCarthy’s claim that Biden’s plan will raise taxes on families making over $50,000
The House minority leader charged that the president “lied” about his promise not to raise taxes on people making under $400,000, but he’s relying on some fishy metrics.
Full Fact→ 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: 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
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
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
Washington Post→ 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.
AllSides→ 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.
Logically→ The annual budget allocated to Scotland is more than the taxes paid by Scottish taxpayers.
The Scottish government spent at least £15 bn more in than it raised in tax in 2019-20.
FactCheck.org→ Warnock’s False Ad on Taxes
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler “supports raising taxes on Georgia’s middle class.” That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, bu
FactCheck.org→ Warnock’s False Ad on Taxes
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler “supports raising taxes on Georgia’s middle class.” That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, bu
Logically→ Joe Biden will repeal Trump’s tax cuts which will lead to increased taxes for the middle class.
Joe Biden only wants to repeal parts of the 2017 law which allowed tax cuts and the bulk of the tax increases would impact top earners.
Washington Post→ Trump ad snips Biden’s comments on taxes out of context
Joe Biden keeps saying he will raise taxes on people making more than $400,000, so this ad clips out the number over and over.
Logically→ But let me just tell you I paid millions and millions of dollars in taxes.
An investigation by NYT revealed that Trump paid $750 in taxes in 2016 and 2017. He has not paid any federal income tax for 11 years in the past 18 years. President Trump has also not paid any federal income tax for 11 years in the past 18 y
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Plan To Raise Taxes On 82% Of Americans On Day 1
Is it true that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden plans to raise taxes on 82% of Americans the day he takes office, should he win? No, that's not true. Biden has repeatedly said that his plan only calls for increasing taxes for th
Logically→ Biden: 91 out of the Fortune 500 companies are not paying a single penny in corporate taxes.
The biggest corporations such as Amazon, Chevron and IBM didn't pay their 2018 federal income taxes after Trump's tax cut was signed into law in 2017
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden’s Capital Gains Tax Does NOT Mean That When You Sell Your Home You’ll Owe Taxes Of 40% Of Your Profit
Does Joe Biden's capital gains tax mean that when you sell your home you'll owe taxes of 40% of your profit? No, in all but a smattering of situations, that's not true. Biden's plan does not propose eliminating the tax exclusion for capit
Logically→ Biden-Harris administration won’t increase taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year.
Biden's $4 trillion tax plan targets wealthy individuals and corporations; it won't increase taxes on people making under $400,000 a year.