Did President Donald Trump cancel taxes on all overtime starting Monday, March 31, 2025? No, that's not true: The video used in a social media post making the claim is from a September 12, 2024, campaign rally when Trump vowed to make overtime pay exempt from federal taxes if he were elected. As of March 25, 2025, congressional Republicans were still involved in the "budget reconciliation" process to write the legislation that might include the tax cut, with no votes expected in the near future.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) shared on X on March 25, 2025. It featured a video clip of Trump's rally speech with an introduction that read:
🚨 TRUMP CANCELS TAX ON ALL OVERTIME -- EFFECTIVE MONDAY 🚨
🔴 If you work overtime in the U.S. -- you will no longer be taxed on it.
🔴 President Trump is putting working Americans first, rewarding effort, not punishing it.
🔥 HARD WORK IS BEING RESPECTED AGAIN. 🔥📢 WHAT THIS MEANS:
⚠️ More money in the pockets of working families.
⚠️ A government that rewards effort, not laziness.
⚠️ A clear message: the grind should pay off.💥 Meanwhile in the UK...
💥 Under "Rachel from Accounts", the hardworking are taxed into oblivion -- while
🔻 Migrants get 4-star hotels.
🔻 Benefits flow with no questions asked.
🔻 Brits get the bill.
🚨 WHOSE SIDE IS YOUR GOVERNMENT ON? 🚨
Time to choose: Reward the workers -- or serve the system.
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot taken on Tue Mar 25 18:29:24 2025 UTC)
This is video from the September 12, 2024, rally where Trump first promised to make all overtime pay free of federal taxes:
The video used in the post making the false claim is from the same section of the same rally speech.
The promise to remove taxes from overtime is reportedly on the negotiating table as Republican leaders in Congress work on budget legislation. House leaders released a statement on March 24, 2025, making it clear it is still a work in progress:
"House Republicans took the lead and passed a bill to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year. Now, our focus returns to delivering President Trump's full America First agenda.
"The House is determined to send the President one big, beautiful bill that secures our border, keeps taxes low for families and job creators, grows our economy, restores American energy dominance, brings back peace through strength, and makes government more efficient and more accountable to the American people.
"We took the first step to accomplish that by passing a budget resolution weeks ago, and we look forward to the Senate joining us in this commitment to ensure we enact President Trump's full agenda as quickly as possible. The American people gave us a mandate and we must act on it. We encourage our Senate colleagues to take up the House budget resolution when they return to Washington.
"This is our opportunity to deliver what will be one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in the history of our nation. Working together, we will get it done."
The budget negotiations are especially difficult for House Speaker Mike Johnson since he has a historically narrow majority and some Republican members have signaled opposition to adding trillions of dollars to the federal debt that could result from tax cuts, according to The Washington Post.
