
Overtime Income Tax Break: Not Illogical, Just Costly and Complicated
Last month, former President Donald Trump declared, “If you’re an overtime worker, when you’re past 40 hours a week . . . your overtime hours will be tax-free.”
Last month, former President Donald Trump declared, “If you’re an overtime worker, when you’re past 40 hours a week . . . your overtime hours will be tax-free.”
Earlier this week, Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigning in Nevada, endorsed exempting tips from the individual income tax. This follows former President Donald Trump’s proposal last month to do the same.
Former President Trump trotted through Washington last week leaving a trail of policy proposals behind him. Two revenue proposals are worth noting.
Over at the Daily Caller, JD Foster recently took aim at an article I wrote about the impending expiration of major provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) on December 31, 2025.
On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
Much ink has been spilled either criticizing or praising the bipartisan, bicameral Wyden-Smith tax deal. The bill makes many retroactive and mostly temporary changes, when sound tax policy should generally be prospective and permanent.