Trump: ‘When I Get to Office, We Are
Going to Not Charge Taxes on Tips’
BreitbartTA,
by
Elizabeth Weibel
Original Article
Posted By: sunset,
6/9/2024 11:11:31 PM
Former President Donald Trump promised that if elected president in November, his administration will eliminate taxes on tips.
During a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, Trump told the crowd his administration would not be taxing the tips of people working in hotels, restaurants, or other jobs. “So, this is the first time I’ve said this. And, for those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy,” Trump announced. “Because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips — people making tips.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 6/9/2024 11:18:57 PM (No. 1734528)
No taxes on tips? Hey! Maybe AOC will go back to waitressing at bars!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy 6/9/2024 11:37:51 PM (No. 1734533)
James Biden will start writing "tips" instead of "loan repayments" on Brandon's share of the bribe checks now.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
john56 6/9/2024 11:39:02 PM (No. 1734534)
How about removing the taxable portion of Social Security or at least raising the $32,000 taxable base which hasn't been adjusted since the 80s.
Not sure if I agree that tips ( which can be the majority of some professions earnings) is the way to go, but it played well to the home crowd in Vegas.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Californian 6/10/2024 12:47:51 AM (No. 1734537)
3, if paying your rent depends on the goodwill of others that is not taxable income.
It is charity.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 6/10/2024 12:52:39 AM (No. 1734538)
Who are you going to vote for? The man who is making taxpayers pay the tuition for elitist college graduates who spend their time protesting for rapists and murders or the man who is going to let you, you hardworking waitresses and waiters keep money you earned for delivering great service? I'm going to go out on a limb here and say there are probably thousands more servers in this country than college graduates. Advantage Trump.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
padiva 6/10/2024 1:04:08 AM (No. 1734540)
I tip using cash. Guess why.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 6/10/2024 1:59:18 AM (No. 1734551)
Good. That was a demonic idea to begin with. Can't remember which demon thought it up. Did that brilliant idea bring in over a thousand dollars into the total tax receipts? Hah! But thanks a heap, Simon Legree!
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Why do we have income taxes for anyone the? Why shouldn’t servers income taxes like the rest is?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Wetenschapper 6/10/2024 6:34:27 AM (No. 1734597)
Moved to a village between Brussels and Mechelen nearly 4 decades ago. I love Gent, Antwerpen is a bustling vibrant city, but Brussels is a craphole where I go only to renew my passport in the US embassy. Brussels is replete with no-go zones: Schaarbeek, Molenberg, Anderlecht are places you don't go if you're Caucasian and Christian. The original inhabitants have fled to outlying villages such ours, turning them from comfortable, affordable little tight-knit Flemish communities to rows of expensive apartments where everybody is a stranger.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Wetenschapper 6/10/2024 6:35:43 AM (No. 1734599)
Oops! Ignore my post above. I was on the wrong page. Sorry about that.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
chumley 6/10/2024 7:09:45 AM (No. 1734611)
I always tip in cash so the waitress doesnt have to declare it. Hiding money from a mugger may be a legal crime, but it isn't a moral one.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
seamusm 6/10/2024 7:45:01 AM (No. 1734633)
Mr. President. This isn't within the authority of the office and making such a promise is no different than Biden's unconstitutional college loan forgiveness. Please don't start imitating the Dems.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 6/10/2024 7:54:43 AM (No. 1734637)
No problem, Poster 10. I lead the site in typos.
On topic, I tip restaurant servers in cash whenever possible. And I pay the dog groomer and other cottage business owners in cash. The use of cash is a form of individual liberty. That’s why democrats are working furiously to fast track society to digital currency. No cash = control.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/10/2024 7:58:45 AM (No. 1734638)
This is a brilliant and not very controversial move that will gain Trump thousands if not millions of fence-sitter votes because many, many people work in service industries. Since minimum wages have jumped through the roof in many states and those wages are taxable, the IRS will not suffer very much from such a law, if anybody still cares about the bloodsuckers.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/10/2024 8:04:31 AM (No. 1734644)
That said, the IRS used to withhold estimated tip money from these people, 15% to 18% whether they made that much in tips or not. I'm not sure if that's still the case but if you didn't tip at least that much, the wait staff and bartender got screwed.
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# 12
Maybe not. Tips are (theoretically) optional. So they are not income, but gifts, depending on how the IRS defines “income”.
I suspect the statute is silent and the decision to call tips income instead of “gratuity” is an administrative decision.
Yes, this is a pander to workers in Vegas, but taxing a gratuity is wrong anyway.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
franq 6/10/2024 8:07:24 AM (No. 1734649)
How about no taxes on SS either. Or IRA withdrawals for those over 65. Lop a few worthless government programs, and it's a reality.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Kate318 6/10/2024 9:30:02 AM (No. 1734730)
He sure knows how to get to the heart of the working class. This would be yuge in NV.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 6/10/2024 9:44:05 AM (No. 1734740)
I have a friend whose son worked in a high-end restaurant as a waiter. He told me that the restaurant had software that required the server to report the amount of cash tips on meals when the tip wasn't on a credit card. Of course, it is up to the server how much he/she reports - a 20% tip becomes 15%, a 25% tip becomes 20% and so on.
As a former waitress, I always tip in cash (and frequently pay in cash).
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 6/10/2024 10:02:21 AM (No. 1734760)
I have a better idea: Install a guillotine in Lafayette Park.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 6/10/2024 10:02:43 AM (No. 1734762)
Tips are income. Deadbeats should pay.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
tearza 6/10/2024 10:11:12 AM (No. 1734767)
How about getting rid of taxes on Social Security like it was before Clinton thought it was a good
Idea to tax it...
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
nwcudagal 6/10/2024 11:34:58 AM (No. 1734814)
Not a problem either way for me. I haven't been able to afford eating at a restaurant since Biden was elected.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 6/10/2024 11:55:30 AM (No. 1734818)
#12, I think you miss the point which is a great political move by President Trump.
After all, there are millions of workers who have "tip" money - even many of those college students who think they know what they're demonstrating likely have jobs that provide "tips" in addition to their hourly wage.
Then, you get Republicans running for office talking about it and campaigning on it compared to the Democrats who will be against any potential reduction in revenues to fund government.
When they have enough of a Majority in the House and Senate, they update the Tax bill that's set to have provisions expire in 2025 with an inclusion of not taxing "tips".
I hope they also get around to increasing SALT to $25,000 limit too (forget about income levels the Dems will use against you just a number will suffice).
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
anniebc 6/10/2024 9:28:43 PM (No. 1735093)
How about bonuses? Heck, he cab get rid of all taxes for me. I used to steal my tips back from my employer when I worked at Sonics on rollerskates; I was the only one on skates. Folks tipped me for bringing their food on a tray without dropping it while doing spins, turns, and perfect stops; they weren't tipping the owners. They were my darn skates too.
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