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Delegate Fisher pitches 'No Income Taxes on Tips' bill, sparking debate on equity and administrative questions
Summary
Delegate Mark Fisher introduced House Bill 1005, a proposal to exclude tips from Maryland taxable income, telling the Ways and Means Committee the change would help students, single parents and service workers while making restaurant employment easier to staff.
Delegate Mark Fisher (R‑Calvert) presented House Bill 1005, the “No Income Taxes on Tips Act,” at the February 20 Ways and Means Committee hearing, asking members for a favorable report.
Fisher said HB1005 would create a subtraction modification for tips and gratuities so that tips would not be included in taxable income for Maryland income tax purposes. Fisher framed the bill as targeted relief for students, single parents, retirees and part‑time workers who rely on tipped jobs to make ends meet. He said the policy also benefits restaurants by making tipped jobs easier to staff and said most tips are already traceable because many customers pay by credit card.
At the hearing delegates asked how the change would interact with federal rules and with other workers who do not receive tips. Delegate Jason Buckel (D) and others questioned whether excluding tips from tax would create a “winner/loser” effect — favoring families…
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