H.R. 482 · 119th Congress

No Tax on Tips Act

Introduced on Jan 16, 2025 by Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16). 27 cosponsors, 7 of them from another party. Latest action (Jan 16, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 16, 2025
Cosponsors
27
7 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the application of the income tax on qualified tips through a deduction allowed to all individual taxpayers, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Food industry and services
  • Income tax deductions
  • Service industries
  • Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Vern BuchananR-FL-16Sponsor

Democrats · 7

Republicans · 20

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 16, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. SAZERAC COMPANY, INC.6 reports
  2. AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $4M reported (all issues)
  3. NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 93%
  4. Uber Technologies, Inc.5 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$694.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. DOORDASH, INC.3 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.