A majority of Americans favor President-elect Trump’s proposal to end taxes on tips, according to a new survey.
In the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 54 percent said they “strongly” or “somewhat” back “eliminating taxes on earnings from tips.” Twenty-three percent said they “neither favor nor oppose” getting rid of taxes on tip earnings, and 22 percent said they are “strongly” or “somewhat” against terminating taxes on earnings from tips.
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump said in June that he would end taxes on tips as the “first thing” he does upon his return to the White House.
“For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy. Because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips,” Trump said during a rally in Nevada at the time.
“We’re not going to do it, and we’re going to do that right away, first thing in office, because it’s been a point of contention for years and years and years,” he added. “And you do a great job of service, you take care of people and I think it’s going to be something that really is deserved.”
In the AP-NORC poll, 32 percent of the respondents said they are “extremely confident” or “very confident” when it comes to the president-elect’s “ability” in working on “the economy and jobs.”
The AP-NORC poll took place from Jan. 9-13, featuring 1,147 people and a plus or minus 3.9 percentage point margin of sampling error.
