Steven Horsford Is Fighting for Nevada’s Tipped Workers

Unlike DC Republicans’ Tax Scam, Horsford’s TIPS Act would better protect workers and end taxes on tips indefinitely.

Horsford has long been fighting for a strong “no tax on tips” policy – and he’s not giving up just because Republicans chose temporary, sub-par political theater over a real solution.

EVERGREEN REMINDER: DC Republicans paired capped, soon-to-expire tax relief for tipped workers with:

• Permanent tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires,
• Drastic cuts to health care and food assistance,
• A punitive anti-gambling tax provision that’ll take a sledgehammer to Las Vegas’ gaming economy.

New reporting shows why Horsford’s fight is so critical.

See for yourself…

• Josefina Hertado, a food server at a Las Vegas hotel-casino, said Tuesday that limits on the Republican version of no taxes on tips made it less beneficial than it could have been.
• Hertado — a Culinary Union Local 226 member for 30 years — was referring to a $25,000 cap on tipped income, essentially a tax deduction for the money she gets from customers. And the provision is set to expire in four years, a date that Hertado is tracking closely.
• “Honestly, because I’m going to struggle when it expires, you know. I’m gonna have that fear, like, oh, it’s coming up for expiration, like what am I gonna do next.”
• Hertado says she prefers a bill authored by Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev. … His bill would include guardrails to prevent abuse, allow for a much higher deduction and abolish the sub-minimum wage.
• Now, Nevada’s lawmakers are trying to improve the Republican no taxes on tips law as regulations are written to implement it.