"No taxes on tips or overtime just passed. Promised made, promises kept," conservative American actor Kevin Sorbo, who has previously spread misinformation, said in a February 25 post on X.
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Screenshot from X taken February 28, 2025
At least two Republican lawmakers, who both voted for the resolution, joined in on the victory lap.
"No Tax On Tips has passed the House! Promises Made. Promises Kept. That's how MAGA works!" said Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna added in a since-deleted post: "Congratulations America, tonight we finally put an end to tax on tips and tax on overtime!"
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Screenshot from X taken February 28, 2025
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Screenshot from X taken February 26, 2025
Similar posts spread across X and other platforms such as Instagram, amplified by Donald Trump Jr and other prominent conservative accounts. Some posts took aim at Democrats who opposed the measure, claiming that the entire party had voted against weeding out taxes on tips and overtime.
Eliminating taxes on these two income streams was a major campaign promise for Trump, who pledged to do so as soon as he entered office. The posts shared online could leave the impression that this goal was achieved -- and that income gained from tips or overtime pay is no longer reportable to the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS.
But the budget resolution the House passed February 25 did not change tax law.
Nowhere in the measure -- which passed by a 217 to 215 vote, with one...
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