US restaurant workers say ‘no tax on tips’ undermined by benefits cuts

The no tax on tips clause in the US tax bill promises to put more money in the pockets of servers, bartenders, and other tipped workers, but comes amid cuts to services like Medicaid and SNAP which many food service workers need [File: David Zalubowski/AP]

United States President Donald Trump’s big tax and spending bill has faced backlash from both Democrats and fiscal hawks in his own party. But one proposal that has received rare bipartisan support from the start — eliminating taxes on tips.

The Senate bill passed on Tuesday, which mirrors the House bill passed last month, would deliver this campaign promise from Trump and had also been proposed by his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris.