The Left's Secret Repeal of No Taxes on Tips
Progressive cities are scrapping the tipped-wage credit, shifting workers from tax-free tips to taxable wages, and likely leading to lower take-home pay.
Progressive cities are scrapping the tipped-wage credit, shifting workers from tax-free tips to taxable wages, and likely leading to lower take-home pay.
Helping servers takes more than a temporary tip tax break.
The issue has long polarized a city that is dominated by liberal and progressive politics and politicians, some of whom have confronted that good intentions do not equal good outcomes here.
Taxing tips generates practically no revenue, burdens workers, and fuels pointless IRS audits.
The reporting was cited by One Fair Wage as proof that its policy worked.
The tug-of-war over what role the government should play in regulating compensation for tipped workers has subverted typical partisan lines.
Competing visions on tipping policies highlight the differences in the candidates’ approaches to winning over working-class voters—but neither will provide much benefit.
The proposal would raise the federal minimum wage by 134 percent.
A minimum wage increase passed in Nebraska and appears to have done the same in Nevada. In D.C., tipped workers will get a possibly unwelcome increase as well.
Do small businesses need another punch in the gut?
American companies would need relief from Democrats’ COVID relief efforts.
The restaurant industry would likely suffer under the legislation.
The mandated pay increases disproportionately impact the restaurant industry.
The Democratic congresswoman said that people cannot live off tips. People who live off tips beg to differ.
Good intentions do not always lead to good outcomes.
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