“The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”
Mike Palicz
Director of tax policy at Americans for Tax Reform. Tweet. Claim dated 7 Feb 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Tips are already subject to federal income taxes. The IRS is proposing a new service industry tip reporting program that would replace three existing voluntary tip compliance agreements.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mike Palicz (Director of tax policy at Americans for Tax Reform) made this claim around 7 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 February 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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