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“President Joe Biden "cheated on his taxes. ... Biden improperly used a loophole to dodge half a million dollars in taxes that should have gone to Medicare.”
Sen. Rick Scott U.S. Senator. TV ad. Claim dated 8 Feb 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisNot the Whole Story

What FactCheck.org found

The White House said during an audit of the Bidens’ 2021 tax return, “the IRS did review the S corporation income, including whether the 3.8% Medicare tax should apply. And the IRS conclusively agreed it did not apply."

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In short

Sen. Rick Scott (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 8 February 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 February 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “Not the Whole Story”.

Sen. Rick Scott has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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