LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The Home Funds Committee voted to advance President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which includes a “no tax on tips” proposal.
The choice may considerably affect many staff within the valley, together with Emily Eckie, who has spent the previous 4 years at Scores Las Vegas Gents’s Membership. As a mom, Eckie mentioned suggestions are “everything” for supporting her household.
“As a whole in this industry, we need our tips,” Eckie mentioned. “Minimal wage in Vegas is $12 an hour. That’s solely a pair thousand throughout pay days.”
Eckie, a Las Vegas native, has been within the nightlife business since she was 18 years outdated.
“Most of the time, people, when they come to Vegas, that’s one of the things that they want to do. They want to go to a gentlemen’s club.”
In response to Eckie, suggestions on the membership can vary anyplace from a few hundred to at least one thousand an evening.
“We all talk about it. We’re all rooting for this to pass,” Eckie mentioned.
President Trump, through the 2024 marketing campaign path, repeatedly championed his promise to nix the tax on suggestions throughout his Las Vegas rallies.
Nonetheless, it nonetheless faces opposition from some democrats, corresponding to Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus. Titus mentioned she’s going to solely vote in favor of it if the invoice eliminates the subminimum wage in some states, as the present model doesn’t assist low-income staff.
The invoice’s subsequent cease is the Home Guidelines Committee, which is about for later this week.
