Does the February 2025 GOP budget resolution include an end to taxes on tips? No, that's not true: The resolution passed on February 25, 2025, does not specify which tax proposals will be included, and the "no tax on tips" policy remains under consideration. A budget resolution is an agreement between the House and Senate that establishes recommended levels of spending and revenues for a minimum of five fiscal years. It is not presented to the president for signature and does not become law.
The story appeared in a post (archived here) where it was published on X on February 25, 2025. It opened:
The House just passed a new spending bill which includes NO TAX on tips, overtime, or social security.
Every single Democrat voted against it.
Every single Democrat wants to continue taxing your overtime.
Every single Democrat wants to continue taxing social security.
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot taken on Wed Feb 26 17:05:11 2025 UTC)
H.Con.Res. 14 (119th Congress) (archived here) does not include the specific provisions for "no tax on tips." It is a budget resolution that is setting the spending goals and not specific taxes. The plan to stop "tax on tips," as President Donald Trump has proposed, would need separate legislation. A search of the document for keyword "tips" does not return any matches.
According to the Congressional Research Service website (archived here), a budget resolution is not considered a law:
A budget resolution is an agreement between the House and Senate that establishes recommended levels of spending and revenues for a minimum of five fiscal years. ... It is not presented to the President for signature and does not become law.
The "no tax on tips" policy is supported by Trump and he often speaks about it, as NPR reported in January 2025 (archived here). But the wording of the budget plan only includes the word "tax" four times, as the screenshot with the word-search box below shows, and does not specify which taxes are targetted:
(Source: Screenshot from Budget Resolution PDF taken on Wed Feb 26 15:25:00 2025 UTC)
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