Biden should adopt Trumps tax break on tips

[Ms. Toad]

4. Why should one group of workers get tax-free income?

(Especially since this group of workers regularly fails to report tip income - so now most of the tip income is tax-free. That statement is based on years of experience as a tax preparer, when zero of my tipped employee customers reported anything beyond what was on the W-2.)

Formally making it tax-free (or lower tax) would make me even angrier than I am now at being coerced to pay tips as a result of a wage structure that shifts worker payments directly to customers - and leaves workers at the whim of customers for their basic income.

The sub-minimum wage for tipped employees needs to be terminated - and the cost of food increased to cover paying tipped employees a decent wage so all tipped employees get the same pay for the same work, and so all customers are paying the same amount for the same food. Tips, if any, should be truly voluntary - not coerced from those of us with a conscience to prop up the employer's failure to pay a decent wage to their employees.