I think that is how many have a disability; not receive disability benefits?

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 33% of adults in Alabama (18 years and older) have a disability. "

Wait staff doesn’t have to be paid minimum wage (because of tips) , what teacher or fireman does that apply to?
You’re comparing two totally different pay systems. The service industry is grueling I can imagine. I have sympathy for them and I would certainly vote for it.

You answered your own question. They don’t have to be paid minimum wage by their employer because they have another income stream for the same work. They make over minimum wage.

I repeat; income is income, regardless of the source.
So; a salesman on straight commission has no salary, how about no tax on commissions?? I mean; commissions are just tips from customers, Right? I would have loved that.
It was all about votes

Like I said, I asked a bunch of small town ruby Tuesday waitresses 15 years ago .. “keep tips, or go to 20/hr” and they unanimously answered tips to my question.

If their employer pays them $20/hr for 5 hours, they’ll make $100 pre tax. But on a good night they might make $250 or more. And tax free at that, under this proposal. I know their income fluctuates but that $250 night they made $50/hr in the end, and I don’t see why that $50/hr in the end is less or more taxable than a machinist or salaried engineer or Cybersecurity person who makes that much.

Even my 17 year old daughter has come home with $200 in a night from a little cafe in BFE in a town that doesn’t even have a single red light, so I know some of those city ones make more.

summary: if you don't work overtime or for tips then you have to pay the taxes of those that do.

Many of you have said that people shouldn't get a tax break based on how they earn their income.

Should people be given a tax break based on how they spend their income?

Can you elaborate? Do you mean like rebates and stuff (ie buying a $7500 storm shelter but getting a $3000 tax credit back)?

It's easy to understand. Do you have a home mortgage? Do you take the mortgage interest deduction? That's not available to people who don't have a mortgage. Tax credits for things like a storm shelter or any of the BS green energy tax credits for certain home improvements are not availablefor those who don't own a home.

Have children? You get a tax break. What about the folks without children?

Have a car? You can deduct your ad valorem taxes if you itemize. What about folks without automobiles?

And on and on and on... Point is, the federal government has used the tax code as a social engineering mechanism for as long as there have been income taxes.

Very good point. I like a flat tax

Exactly Pwsye.

A flat tax not based on income or whatever social engineering the feds are doing depending on which administration occupies the White House v

And pay back the money you agreed to pay back.

Yep

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Yep, either that or a universal sales tax in lieu of any other tax. Spend more, you pay more.

Jawbone, so you are saying a city, county, state, and federal sales tax?

I guess if you are a contractor you would never pay a tax on any materials you buy, due to passing it onto the consumer. So the business would never pay taxes? Consumers would have to pay all the taxes for the businesses that they are buying from? Wouldn’t that push prices extremely extremely high?

Federal. No income tax, no estate taxes, etc. What states and municipalities do is their business. Or, a flat tax. Either one is better than the crap we have now.

Taxes on materials are just a cost that businesses pass on to the end user.

If you think about, the consumer is paying the taxes now as well. Businesses pay income taxes with part of the income they receive. Where does that income come from? Consumers.

Flat tax. No tax on SS. No tax on gambling winnings either
Businesses………I don’t know. A little more complicated with depreciation and all that stuff

Exactly. So contractors would pay no federal income tax