Harris says she supports eliminating federal taxes on tips

Vice President Kamala Harris pledged Saturday to eliminate taxes on tipped wages for service workers, matching a proposal from former President Donald Trump.

During a rally in Las Vegas she held alongside her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris praised the work of the Culinary Workers Union, which endorsed her Friday, and vowed to continue to support policies that would benefit the union’s workers.

“When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America, including to raise the minimum wage, and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers,” Harris said.

Following up on her comments at the Las Vegas rally, a Harris campaign official clarified that her push for to eliminate taxes on tips would require legislation. If elected president, Harris would work with Congress to craft a proposal that mandated an income limit and applied strict requirements to prevent hedge fund managers and lawyers from structuring their compensation to take advantage of the policy.

Harris would push the proposal with an increase in the minimum wage, as well, the official said.

In response to Harris’ remarks, Trump accused her of stealing his proposed policy in a post to his Truth Social platform.

“Kamala Harris, whose ‘Honeymoon’ period is ENDING, and is starting to get hammered in the Polls, just copied my NO TAXES ON TIPS Policy,” he wrote. He added that she mentioned the proposal only for “Political Purposes.”

“This was a TRUMP idea,” he said. “She can only steal from me.”

Trump announced a policy proposal to eliminate taxes on tips at a June rally in Las Vegas. Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt did not offer specifics about the proposal at the time; she told NBC News in an email in