“Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”
What PolitiFact found
The data is cherry-picked and reflects only the law’s new policies. The data ignores some of the law’s policy extensions that benefit the wealthy and omits that many of the benefits for lower- and middle-income families will sunset after 2028. And the data exaggerates the tax gains for households with modest incomes by focusing on the change in their tax liability, rather than their after-tax income — the measure analysts more commonly use.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Labor Secretary) made this claim around 17 July 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 July 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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