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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s No Tax on Tips Act seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code by exempting cash tips from federal income tax.
Now, U.S. Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) have introduced the companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The No Tax on Tips Act—co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND)—would exempt “cash” tips, including “cash, credit and debit card charges, and checks,” from federal income tax. The legislation would allow taxpayers to claim a deduction for tips.
“Our legislation is more important than ever, as President Biden continues to push failed policies that exacerbate inflation and hurt working families,” Cruz said in a press release on Tuesday.
According to the IRS, tips include cash and noncash items of value. If an employee receives tips totaling more than $20 in one month, the tips are treated as income and are taxable.
The IRS states, “All cash tips received by an employee in any calendar month are subject to social security and Medicare taxes and must be reported to the employer.”
Describing the legislation as “pro-worker” with industry support and the backing of the National Restaurant Association, Cruz sees the measure as a way for employees who receive tips to keep more of their earnings.
“This common-sense, pro-worker legislation allows millions of tipped workers—including bartenders, waiters, and beauty professionals—to keep more of their hard-earned paycheck,” Cruz said.
The proposed legislation comes at a time when former President Donald Trump, who wants to make tips nontaxable, has been encouraging voters to write “no tax on tips” on restaurant receipts. He has also signaled that he would prioritize additional tax cuts in a new administration.
In the meantime, Cruz has called on the House and Senate to “expeditiously pass this legislation.”
The legislation awaits further action by the House Ways and Means Committee.
https://dallasexpress.com/state/no-tax-on-tips-act-introduced-by-sen-ted-cruz/
A federal judge has ruled that Ohio’s strict voter ID law, which includes a photo provision, is constitutional and has rejected a challenge to it.
The ruling tossed out a complaint filed by a Democratic law firm challenging provisions including a photo ID, “drop box restrictions, and tightened deadlines related to absentee and provisional ballots.”
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Donald Nugent, a Clinton appointee, found that the Ohio photo ID requirement, in particular, “imposes no more than a minimal burden, if any, for the vast majority of voters.”
The report added: “Nugent also rejected the other claims asserted by the Elias Law Group, whose suit filed last year on behalf of groups representing military veterans, teachers, retirees, and the homeless argued the law imposed ‘needless and discriminatory burdens’ on the right to vote. The suit was filed the same day Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed the legislation over the objections of voting rights, labor, environmental, and civil rights groups that had been pleading for a veto.”
The judge stated that there is no constitutional entitlement for voters to access mail-in or early voting options. Furthermore, he pointed out that Ohio’s revised timetable for acquiring and submitting absentee ballots is still more accommodating than that of 30 other states.
He pointed out that the argument suggesting that restricting ballot drop boxes to one location negatively impacted voters was not accurate, given that the 2023 law marked the state’s first use of such boxes.
But, it’s worth noting that the provision enacted by the GOP-controlled legislature to formalize the single-drop box restriction per county came after years of contentious debate on the matter.
https://conservativebrief.com/photo-id-election-84307/
bite me and kiss me where the sun don't shine
good grief
please stop cyber stalking me, TMI
Republican chairs of House committees will send letters to agency heads including Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to ask for their reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision last week in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturning the Chevron doctrine, which gave deference to federal agencies in writing regulations.
In a news release, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said, “This week, House Republican Committees are sending letters to their corresponding federal agencies to demand the review of various overreaching regulations in our fight to free the American people from the power-hungry administrative state. Agencies can’t be allowed to run free without any checks on their power – we’ve already seen how frequently federal agencies will abuse their authority. We intend to ensure agencies are held accountable following the court’s ruling and observe the proper checks on their power.”
Scalise also said, “Our Founding Fathers designed the American government with a key aspect to ensure a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government: the separation of powers. But since Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc., federal agencies have had free rein to interpret statutes and write rules in a way that expands their authority with few limits, allowing the administrative state to assume powers our founders intended for the Supreme Court and Congress. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, that is no longer the case.
https://www.thefencepost.com/news/house-chairs-to-send-letters-to-vilsack-about-chevron-decision/
did the white house give the questions out to the cabal/deep state media cohorts?
well, anyway…
eww creepy, joe whispering into the mike
agree, but i give scalise a pass due to almost being assassinated by radical leftist