{"id":2283172,"date":"2024-06-25T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shouldnt-need-to-exempt-tips-from-taxes\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T12:05:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:05:27","slug":"trump-shouldnt-need-to-exempt-tips-from-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shouldnt-need-to-exempt-tips-from-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Shouldn&#8217;t Need To Exempt Tips From Taxes"},"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%2Ftrump-shouldnt-need-to-exempt-tips-from-taxes%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=2283172&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>Service workers in the United\u2064 States often express frustration about tipping culture, exacerbated by demanding customers and the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-ro-khanna-we-dont-want-low-wage-small-businesses-that-pay-less-than-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna: \u2018We Don\u2019t Want Low-Wage\u2019 Small Businesses That Pay Less Than  Minimum Wage\">low wages<\/a> associated with tip-based income. The issue is significant enough that most Americans acknowledge problems with the current\u2062 system, where many tip 15 percent or less \u2064on\u2062 average. Some restaurants\u2064 are addressing the dilemma by eliminating tipping altogether, offering higher base pay instead, but this can lead\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chipotle-a-case-study-in-minimum-wage-hikes\/\" title=\"Chipotle: A Case Study In Minimum Wage Hikes\">increased menu prices<\/a>\u2063 and potentially reduced customer service incentive.<\/p>\n<p>Amid these debates, former President Donald Trump\u2062 proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/child-tax-credit-2023-massachusetts-plan-could-give-residents-440-per-child\/\" title=\"Massachusetts plan for 2023: 0 per child in child tax credit.\">eliminating taxes<\/a> \u200bon tipped\u200c income as part of his \u200dcampaign, distinguishing himself by promising better economic conditions for tip-based workers in contrast to current policies. His proposal was highlighted in a Nevada campaign \u2064stop, an area with a high concentration of tipped workers. Trump&#8217;s push led to supporters being encouraged to \u200dwrite &#8220;Vote \u2064for Trump&#8221; on receipts as a promotional tactic. Senator Ted\u200c Cruz also responded\u200d with proposed \u200blegislation aligned with Trump&#8217;s campaign pledge, \u200baiming to \u2064exempt tipped income from federal taxation, \u2063potentially impacting workers positively.  <\/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>Ask any service worker in America if they think their neighbors are good tippers, and nine times out of 10 the question will be met with a groan of resentment.<\/p>\n<p>I worked as a waiter through high school and college at a suburban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobevans.com\/about-us\/our-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bob Evans<\/a> along the highway outside of Columbus, Ohio. And then I waited tables at a bar by the White House throughout my first year out of college until the coronavirus lockdowns shut it down. After seven years of taking orders, I feel comfortable to speak for just about anyone who\u2019s ever been a tip-based worker when I say few things are more infuriating than putting up with demanding customers, overbearing bosses, and laborious grunt work only to wind up stiffed by a table that came up with some sorry excuse not to drop a few extra dollars for the service. <em>Thanks for the loose change from your glove box a-hole, it might even cover part of my bus ticket. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Most Americans acknowledge that, one way or another, our culture has a tipping problem. Either too many people have their hand out, including even the machines as Federalist Editor Kylee Griswold <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/18\/its-your-own-fault-youre-being-asked-to-tip-at-self-checkouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed out<\/a> last year, or hustling waiters not making enough in tips to justify the eight-hour workout (or sometimes 12) that is waiting tables. A majority of Americans, meanwhile, tip 15 percent or less for an average meal at a sit-down diner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/2023\/11\/09\/tipping-culture-in-america-public-sees-a-changed-landscape\/#:~:text=A%20majority%20of%20Americans%20say,d%20tip%2020%25%20or%20more.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the Pew Research Center. Perhaps people who wish to virtue signal should replace their divisive social justice yards signs with new banners that read, \u201cIn this house, we tip our waiters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some restaurants that can afford the higher costs have responded to the tipping debacle by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/today\/2023\/07\/06\/skipping-tip-why-some-restaurants-and-businesses-are-nixing-gratuities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doing away<\/a> with the custom altogether, replacing tips with a base compensation well above minimum wage. But some employees lose out on the potential for higher earnings while the basic income kills incentives for exemplary service. Higher labor wages are also often accompanied with price increases on the menu, leaving customers shopping around for cheaper options. Former President Donald Trump, however, recently proposed a better alternative where everybody wins: lift tipped-employee wages by eliminating taxes on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-puts-trumps-tax-idea-into-bill-form-quickly-gets-support-from-fellow-republicans-2\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Puts Trump's Tax Idea Into Bill Form, Quickly Gets Support from Fellow Republicans\">hard-earned tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWITH TRUMP, NO TAXES ON TIPS!!!\u201d Trump characteristically <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112660313258016840\">wrote<\/a> in a weekend post on Truth Social. <\/p>\n<p>In a brilliant campaign move, Trump introduced the proposal at a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-tips-taxes-nevada-0fc5fa0fb7bdcf963757c748c01bfbe9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">June 9<\/a> campaign stop in Nevada, home to the highest concentration of tipped workers in America. Trump\u2019s proposal for tax exemptions on these hard-working Americans distinguishes the former president from the far-left incumbent, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/taxes\/commentary\/so-called-inflation-reduction-acts-bait-and-switch-irs-crack-down-waitresses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deployed<\/a> the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to crack down on waitresses\u2019 unreported tips.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@TeamTrump\/posts\/112620742853724131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> supporters to write \u201cVote for Trump\u201d on receipts to \u201cspread the word\u201d that he\u2019ll eliminate taxes on tips. Frankly, if I were a struggling waiter in Las Vegas, I\u2019d bet with my ballot on <em>that <\/em>guy. Recall in 2020 that Trump only lost Nevada by roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2020-election\/results\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30,000<\/a> votes. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4732921-cruz-bill-tips-tax-exemption\/#:~:text=Sen.%20Ted%20Cruz%20(R%2D,meet%20Republicans%20on%20Capitol%20Hill.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responded<\/a> to Trump\u2019s latest campaign pledge with legislation to exempt tipped income from federal taxation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican workers in dozens of industries depend on tipped wages to support themselves,\u201d Cruz said. His bill, called the No Tax on Tips Act, will allow those employees to \u201ckeep all of those tips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legislation has already drawn support from top Republicans in the upper chamber, including Rick Scott, R-Fla., Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/business\/budget\/4725520-trump-plan-to-nix-taxes-on-tips-could-cost-250-billion-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> such plans to terminate taxes on tips would likely cost between $150 to $250 billion in revenue. But most of that money will likely recirculate throughout the economy as low-wage workers <a href=\"https:\/\/finhealthnetwork.org\/research\/financial-health-of-workers-in-low-wage-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">struggle<\/a> with savings and need the added income for discretionary expenses. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, the tax exemption wouldn\u2019t even be needed if more Americans were more generous to their neighbors. Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-bidens-tax-plan-hurts-small-business-farm-owners\/\" title=\"Study: Biden\u2019s tax plan hurts small business, farm owners\">tax proposal won\u2019<\/a>t lift up <em>anyone\u2019s<\/em> income if Americans don\u2019t tip in the first place. Unless the service was legitimately poor quality to warrant the loss of income, tip the full 20 percent, or stop going out to eat. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask any U.S. service worker about their neighbors&#8217; tipping habits, and most will likely respond with a groan. I experienced this firsthand working as a waiter at a suburban Bob Evans outside Columbus, Ohio, during high school and college<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2283173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Donald-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[27115,5045,10964,8464,3634],"class_list":["post-2283172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-exempt","tag-government","tag-taxes","tag-tips","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Donald-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283172","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}