Beaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHarris pledges to work to end taxes on tips for service industry employees, echoing Trump vowapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1415arrow-down111
arrow-up1404arrow-down1external-linkHarris pledges to work to end taxes on tips for service industry employees, echoing Trump vowapnews.comBeaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squarerenrenPDX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down3·1 month agoThis doesn’t sound like a good idea at all. If a person relies on tips for a livable wage, it should be taxed. If you work for tips, it’s taxable income.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 month agoNo one should be working for tips as their primary income anyway. Pay people a living wage. I intentionally go to support restaurants where I know they pay their employees a living wage.
minus-squareacutfjg@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoEchoing the other comment, tips shouldn’t be the main source of income at a job, so they shouldn’t incur taxes.
This doesn’t sound like a good idea at all. If a person relies on tips for a livable wage, it should be taxed. If you work for tips, it’s taxable income.
No one should be working for tips as their primary income anyway. Pay people a living wage.
I intentionally go to support restaurants where I know they pay their employees a living wage.
Echoing the other comment, tips shouldn’t be the main source of income at a job, so they shouldn’t incur taxes.