| Topeka (Feb. 3, 2025) – This morning, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall joined Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson and Senator Caryn Tyson, who is Chair of the Senate Tax Committee, at a press conference announcing that Kansas will follow President Trump’s No Tax on Tips initiative. They were joined by several other Kansas state legislators. Senator Marshall is co-leading the effort in Congress to remove tips from taxable income. “Bringing ‘No Tax on Tips’ to life will put more money back into hard-working Americans’ pockets and make Kansas affordable again,” said U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. “President Trump made a promise, and I intend to help him deliver. ‘No Tax on Tips’ should be commonsense policy for anyone looking to support workers and families.” President Masterson said the Kansas legislation will mirror what Congress ends up doing, and noted tipped income is different than ordinary income. “A tip is a thank you for good service and a thank you shouldn’t be subject to tax. This will ease the burden on Kansans employed in our service industry and will also help our small businesses that depend on service staff,” said Masterson, who added, “Our efforts to help out workers should be covered by efficiencies we find through COGE.” Senator Tyson said the initiative is part of an overall effort to simplify our tax code and an easy way for Kansas to help out our service workers. “It’s a burden on our service workers to try to track their tipped income, and this proposal will simplify |
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Earl Watt is the owner and publisher of the Leader & Times in Liberal, Kansas. Watt started his career in journalism in 1991 at the Southwest Daily Times. During his career, the newspaper has won a total of 17 Sweepstakes awards from the Kansas Press Association for editorial content and 18 Sweepstakes awards for advertising. Watt has been recognized with more than 70 first place awards for writing in categories from sports and column to best front pages, best sports pages and best opinion pages. Watt is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and is the descendant of several patriots who fought for America's freedom and independence.
