Claim: "Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."
Fact-check: Ted Cruz: Americans spend $500 billion complying with tax laws, about same as entire military budget
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2015-05-20T00:00:00