True: Trump’s plan would significantly raise taxes on the middle class

“You’re not going to cut taxes. You’re going to raise taxes on the middle class.” — Tim Kaine

Trump has revamped his tax plan several times over the last year, so it’s hard to say for sure, but Kaine’s statement is mostly true. The latest iteration of the plan includes ore than $4 trillion in tax cuts, but those will largely favor to the wealthy according to several analyses.

An analysis by New York University law professor and former Senate Finance Committee Democratic chief tax counsel Lily Batchelder found the plan would actually raise taxes for about 7.8 million families with dependent children. While some of those families would fall in the upper-income bracket, the study found the plan would “significantly raise taxes for millions of low- and middle-income families with children, with especially large tax increases for working single parents.”

This item has been updated to reflect Batchelder's political affiliation.