Donald Trump tells rally in Las Vegas he will not tax tips
Pledge was a direct appeal to service workers in the swing state of Nevada, which polls suggest is leaning Trump’s way ahead of the November 5 election. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to end taxation of income from tips at a rally in Las Vegas. The pledge was made to service workers in the swing state of Nevada, which polls suggest is leaning towards him ahead of the November 5 election. The announcement comes as part of a broader Trump tax plan that includes tax relief for middle-income workers and small businesses. As current law requires, tipped employees to report their tips as income, eliminating this would add further to deficits without new revenues elsewhere. The rally took place amid high temperatures, with several attendees needing medical assistance due to the heat.
Pubblicato : 3 settimane fa di Reuters in Politics World
“So this is the first time I’ve said this, and for those hotel workers and people that get tips you’re going to be very happy because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips people [are] making,” Trump told a crowd of several thousand people.
The pledge, revealed at a sweltering outdoor rally in Las Vegas, adds one more detail to a Trump tax plan that has included vague pledges of tax relief to middle-income workers and small businesses.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday that he would seek to end taxation of income from tips, a direct appeal to service workers in the swing state of Nevada, which polls suggest is leaning his way ahead of the November 5 election.
Trump said he would “do that right away, first thing in office”, and noted in prepared remarks that he would seek legislation in Congress to make the change. “You do a great job of service, you take care of people and I think it’s going to be something that really is deserved.”
Trump has previously pledged to make permanent the Republican-passed individual tax cuts that he signed into law in 2017 but which expire at the end of 2025. Tax experts estimate that doing so would raise US deficits by some US$4 trillion over a decade compared to current forecasts.
As current law requires, tipped employees must report their tips as income. Eliminating this would add further to deficits without new revenues elsewhere.
Trump also continued to hammer Biden on illegal immigration at the southern border, a theme emphasised at a town hall in Arizona, another battleground state, telling supporters there about his plans to curb illegal immigration and blaming issues at the southern border on Biden.
The rally took place amid blistering heat that reached 100-degrees Fahrenheit (37.7-degrees Celsius), according to the National Weather Service.
Alex Maldonado, a 50-year-old father of three, said he was worried about the heat but wanted to come out to support Trump, for whom he plans to vote a third time. He said he feels Biden has failed in handling inflation, the southern border and crime.
“I tried to give him [Biden] a chance in 2020,” said Maldonado, a military veteran who works security at a Las Vegas casino. “But everything in life has been made harder.”
For days, Las Vegas residents have been coping with unusually high temperatures, part of a heatwave scorching the US Southwest. The National Weather Service lifted its excessive heat warning for the area, however, on Saturday evening before the event.
In addition to the misting machines, the campaign has set up cooling stations. At Trump’s event on Thursday, several people who had queued up outside in extreme heat had to be taken to hospital for treatment.
Rebecca Gill, a political-science professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, said she was sceptical that polls were fully capturing where voters will be in a few months, given that many are not yet paying attention to the race.
Gill said she did not think Trump’s criminal conviction has fully sunk in with voters and could deter some moderate Republicans from backing him. In addition, a proposed amendment to enshrine access to abortion in the state constitution would, if it makes it on to the ballot, be likely to boost Democratic turnout.
“I think that [Nevada] is 100 per cent still in play,” Gill said.
Sunday’s rally comes on the heels of a three-day fundraising push by Trump that included stops in San Francisco and Beverly Hills, where he raised millions of dollars from technology executives and other donors.