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No Tax on Tips Act
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the application of the income tax on qualified tips through a deduction allowed to all individual taxpayers, and for other purposes.
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Summary
No Tax on Tips Act
This bill establishes a new tax deduction of up to $25,000 for tips, subject to limitations. The bill also expands the business tax credit for the portion of payroll taxes an employer pays on certain tips to include payroll taxes paid on tips received in connection with certain beauty services.
Under the bill, the new tax deduction for tips is limited to cash tips (1) received by an employee during the course of employment in an occupation that customarily receives tips, and (2) reported by the employee to the employer for purposes of withholding payroll taxes. (Under current law, an employee is required to report tips exceeding $20 per month to their employer.)
Further, an employee with compensation exceeding a specified threshold ($160,000 in 2025 and adjusted annually for inflation) in the prior tax year may not claim the new tax deduction for tips.
Finally, the bill expands the business tax credit for the portion of payroll taxes that an employer pays on certain tips to include payroll taxes paid on tips received in connection with barbering and hair care, nail care, esthetics, and body and spa treatments. (Under current law, an employer is allowed a business tax credit for the amount of payroll taxes paid on certain tips received by an employee in connection with providing, delivering, or serving food or beverages.)
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- May 26, 2025 Held at the desk.
- May 26, 2025 Received in the House.
- May 23, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- May 20, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2993-2995; text: CR S2993-2994)
- May 20, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- May 20, 2025 Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Jan 16, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jan 16, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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