During the 2024 Presidential campaign Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both proposed ending federal income taxes on workers tips. The “no tax on tips” pitch garnered bipartisan support since Mr. Trump first floated it in June 2024, including from Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, and both of Nevada’s Democratic senators, Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen. Tips are currently taxable income, but the Internal Revenue Service has long struggled to get employers and workers to report that income accurately. The U.S. offers employers a tax credit to encourage accurate…
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Response rates from 130 Philadelphia voters.
78% Yes |
22% No |
78% Yes |
22% No |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 130 Philadelphia voters.
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Unique answers from Philadelphia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9S9C9MH5mos5MO
No, because I feel like the companies should be paying their employees enough money to where we don't have to pay more than we already did. Basically, it's about companies not being greedy and paying little amount of money to their employees.
@9SBCVVB5mos5MO
Service and hospitality workers should be paid equitably and tips shouldn’t account for a significant amount of their pay. There should be a tax on tips over a certain amount and incentive to report tip income accurately for the employer.
@9SC5KTH 5mos5MO
Tipping should be eliminated as a wage category, and current tip wage employers should be required to pay the minimum wage to all employees.
@9SBZ6XR5mos5MO
All service industry employees should be paid a living wage BEFORE tips, and tips should not be taxed.
@9SBYW425mos5MO
As someone who has never been employed at a minimum wage job, or for that matter any job as of yet, i was unaware you had to pay for your received tips. In my mind the tip is saying like: Here you did a wonderful job at serving me and to thank you have this gift of some money. So yes, they should be eliminated. a gift should not be taxed
@9SBCYP55mos5MO
No, and we should get rid of "tipped minimum-wage." It's time to stop allowing companies to force their labor costs onto the consumer.
@B29JFG46 days6D
I need a clear proposal on how the government could make up the difference from the loss of taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers. Also, taxation needs to be fair for everyone.
@9ZRHKPJ2mos2MO
No, removing tax on tips increases the taxes taken out of their income, there’s a federal tax and state tax which means theres a mandatory deduction coming out of an individuals income and depdnding on state more will be taken out because the state minimum wage is higher; if the taxes aren’t taken out of tips, the money has to come from their paychecks which means less money overall compared to being taxed on tips and less tax on income. This outcome has cause employees to not only intentionally claim less than what they’re making, it also causes companies to charge more so the tip percent will be higher for employees. Prices are going up and less money is being made.
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