Can’t really think of a good reason why tips should be taxed.
If you can’t think of how not taxing tips could be abused by people to get out of paying taxes, you don’t have a good imagination.
Raising the lowest tax bracket has the effect of removing the tax on the poorest while also not opening up a loophole that would be abused to avoid taxes.
In a perfect world we wouldn’t have tips as a significant source of income for anybody, but until we achieve that this actually sounds like a decent idea.
Except it would further cement tipping into the culture by giving tipped earners additional incentives to keep tips around. Raising the bracket doesn’t do that, and would help more people that need help than just tipped earners
If you can’t think of how not taxing tips could be abused by people to get out of paying taxes, you don’t have a good imagination.
Raising the lowest tax bracket has the effect of removing the tax on the poorest while also not opening up a loophole that would be abused to avoid taxes.
Except it would further cement tipping into the culture by giving tipped earners additional incentives to keep tips around. Raising the bracket doesn’t do that, and would help more people that need help than just tipped earners