Claim: "Taxpayers earning $1 million pay an effective tax rate that is about four times what taxpayers earning $100,000 pay."
Fact-check: New Jersey residents earning $1 million face an effective tax rate about four times greater than residents at $100,000, assemblyman says
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2012-01-04T00:00:00