{"id":2263791,"date":"2024-06-10T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-big-problem-trump-has-in-making-tip-tax-promise-a-reality\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:58:41","slug":"one-big-problem-trump-has-in-making-tip-tax-promise-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-big-problem-trump-has-in-making-tip-tax-promise-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges Trump faces in fulfilling tip tax promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fone-big-problem-trump-has-in-making-tip-tax-promise-a-reality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2263791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump, at a rally in Nevada, promised that\u2064 he would not tax tips if reelected. However, he doesn&#8217;t have the authority to change tax \u2063laws on tipped\u200b income himself; this \u200bwould be the responsibility of Congress. \u200bTrump&#8217;s campaign clarified that he would \u200drequest Congress to make this change. When discussing the taxation \u200cof \u2063tipped income, it&#8217;s important \u2063to understand how the process of changing tax laws \u200doperates in the \u200cUnited States. The President, even \u200bthough a powerful figure, does not possess\u200b unilateral authority to amend or establish tax laws; this is solely the prerogative of Congress. Specifically, tax-related\u2062 legislation typically originates in the House \u200cWays and Means Committee, which \u200bis part of the U.S. House of Representatives. Once proposed, a tax bill must pass \u2063through both the House and the Senate. If successfully\u200b passed by both chambers, it then requires the President&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n<p>In the case \u200dof \u200dformer President Donald Trump\u2019s\u2064 statement at a\u200c rally in Nevada, his promise\u200d to not tax tips if reelected falls into a common category of campaign promises made by presidential candidates. These promises are\u2062 generally aimed at garnering support from certain \u200dvoter demographics\u2014in this case, potentially\u200c service industry\u2062 workers who rely significantly on tips for their \u200dincome.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s\u200c crucial\u200d for voters to \u2063realize that despite his pledge, the\u2062 implementation of such a tax change falls outside the direct control\u2062 of\u2063 the presidency. What \u2064Trump \u2063can do, \u200das he stated\u2063 and his \u200dcampaign later clarified, is use \u200dhis position to advocate \u2063for this change by urging Congress to\u2063 alter the legislation regarding the taxation of tipped income. This would involve negotiating with \u2062lawmakers and \u200cleveraging his office to support and promote passage of \u2062a bill \u200dto that effect.<\/p>\n<p>This clarification underscores the complexities of policy-making in the U.S. government and \u2063highlights the checks and balances designed to prevent unilateral actions by any\u200c single branch of the government. Therefore, while presidential\u200c promises can indicate a leader&#8217;s priorities, they \u2063do not guarantee the realization\u2063 of those promises without the cooperation and agreement\u2063 of \u200cthe legislative\u200b branch.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In an appeal to voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada<\/a>, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> promised rallygoers he wouldn\u2019t \u201ccharge taxes on tips\u201d for those who rely on them to make money.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump, as president, wouldn\u2019t have the power to influence taxation on tipped income. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress <\/a>would have to change the laws regarding it, and the former president\u2019s campaign told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that he would ask it to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those hotel workers and people that get tips, you\u2019re going to be very happy,\u201d Trump said during his Las Vegas rally. \u201cBecause when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s campaign also blamed President Joe Biden for \u201caggressively\u201d stepping \u201cup the IRS going after tip workers.\u201d The attack is likely in reference to a voluntary tip reporting program, the Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-introduces-new-service-industry-tip-reporting-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>SITCA<\/a>, in which service worker employers and the IRS collaborate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do a great job of service. You take care of people. And I think it\u2019s going to be something that really is deserved,\u201d Trump said. \u201cSo those people that have jobs in restaurants, whatever the job may be, a tipping job, we\u2019re not going after for taxes anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If elected to office again, Trump would have a chance to oversee congressional lawmakers rewriting tax policy when much of the former president\u2019s tax package expires in 2025. If the GOP can maintain its majority in the House and flip the Senate, Trump could have a better chance at seeing service-tips-related legislation go through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s taxes-on-tipped-wages promise could appeal to Nevadan working-class voters in a state that has voted blue since Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. Some of those are Latino voters, whom Trump has been attempting to market himself to in this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>CookPoliticalReport<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/presidential-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rates<\/a> Nevada as a \u201ctoss-up\u201d state, and it would offer six electoral votes toward the winner as Trump and Biden\u2019s rematch is coming down to a fierce battle for roughly seven states in November.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Nevada rally, former President Donald Trump pledged not to tax tips, targeting voters reliant on such income. However, Trump lacks the authority to alter taxation on tipped income; only Congress can amend these laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2263792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24161766478344.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2263791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24161766478344.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}