“Congressional Democrats gave the IRS funding that would allow it to "extract" $20 billion in "higher taxes" from “lower- and middle-income families.”
Senate Leadership Fund and Our American Century
Republican-aligned PACs. TV ads. Claim dated 20 Sep 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The $20 billion figure cited in the ads was a preliminary estimate issued before Treasury directed the IRS not to increase audits for those earning less than $400,000.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Senate Leadership Fund and Our American Century (Republican-aligned PACs) made this claim around 20 September 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 September 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVRy2sMMXkg
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