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2024-08-11 13:42:14 UTC - HELPFUL
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The IRS established in 1963 that tips received by service employees were to be treated as taxable income, akin to wages and salaries. https://factsontaxes.com/why-are-tips-taxed/ Service workers’ tips have been taxed by the federal government for decades. https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/partisan-posts-misrepresent-irs-voluntary-program-proposal-on-tip-income/
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