Claim: Under Ted Cruz's tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."
Fact-check: Marco Rubio says Ted Cruz flat tax charges 16 percent on what businesses make and 16 percent on pay
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2016-01-26T00:00:00