Speaking at a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday night, Vice President Harris suggested she would support eliminating the tip tax, a policy proposal that became popular with former President Trump during his campaign.
The idea of exempting tip income from federal income and payroll taxes has been a popular policy item for President Trump as a way to garner support from working-class voters.
Harris has the same message, and both appear to be hoping to gain support from service workers.
“I promise all of you here that if I’m president, I’ll continue to fight for working families, including raising the minimum wage and eliminating the tip tax for service and hospitality workers,” Harris said Saturday night.
Harris is Approved Many union members attended a rally Friday organized by Culinary Workers Union 226, which is part of a group that represents 60,000 workers in Las Vegas and Reno.
Her comments are similar to those of Trump, who in June in Las Vegas said hotel and other service industry workers “should be very happy” because if he is re-elected, he “wouldn’t tax tips.”
Some have questioned how the proposal would work and how expensive it could be: In June, a budget watchdog group estimated that implementing the measure could reduce federal revenues by up to $250 billion over 10 years.
Any changes to taxation of tip income would require approval from Congress, as lawmakers consider the nation’s tax code next year after President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts expire.
Trump denounced Against Harris In a post on Truth Social after the Las Vegas rally, she accused the vice president of copying her own proposal.
“Kamala Harris, whose ‘honeymoon’ period is over and she’s starting to lose ground in the polls, has simply copied my ‘No Tip Tax’ policy. The difference is, she won’t do it. She only wants it for political purposes!” Trump wrote.
