Trump’s no-tax-on-tips coverage wins reward from Nashville musicians, bartenders

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FIRST ON FOX: Artists, bartenders and concertgoers in Nashville praised the work of President Donald Trump on the anniversary of his first yr again in workplace, thanking the administration in a video launched by Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., on Tuesday.

"President Trump is the servers’ president, the singer-songwriters’ president, and … Tennessee’s president. Guarantees made, guarantees saved," Ogles stated.

Ogles’ workplace interviewed a number of artists at venues in Music Metropolis who applauded the administration’s achievements, compiled in a video first obtained by Fox Information Digital.

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Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., arrives alongside different Home Republicans at a press convention at Accumulate Pond Park outdoors of Manhattan on Could 16, 2024, in New York Metropolis. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photographs)

" We need to give a shout-out to Donald Trump, our nice president, for eliminating taxes on suggestions on this nation, as a result of that is how we make most of our dwelling. It is off our suggestions, man," a musician named Thomas Friel stated.

Trump returned to energy one yr in the past as we speak on Jan. 20, 2025, with a flurry of govt actions starting from immigration and border safety to reversing Biden-era regulatory restrictions. However the administration’s crowning legislative achievement got here in July when Congress handed Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a tax and border package deal.

Of the president’s wins highlighted by artists in Ogles' video, none acquired extra reward than his no-tax-on-tips provision.

"My title is Andrew Thompson. I make a full-time dwelling out right here on Broadway. And what the president's doing about not taxing our tip {dollars} is nice as a result of that is how I make a dwelling, and that is [how] all people else that is on the road makes a dwelling," Thompson stated.

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President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, indicators the One Large Lovely Invoice Act into legislation throughout an Independence Day army household picnic on the South Garden of the White Home on July 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Getty Photographs)

Underneath the One Large Lovely Invoice Act, tip earners could make as much as $25,000 in tax-deductible revenue from 2025 by means of 2028, according to the Tax Basis, a assume tank that research tax coverage.

When requested how they'd use their further revenue, artists like Maddie Wonky stated the availability would assist them concentrate on the issues that mattered to them.

"I am from Cleveland, Ohio, and I moved right here to chase a dream. Tonight, I simply performed 6 to 10 p.m. on the primary stage, and it was a lot enjoyable. That is every thing that I've ever wished to do," Wonky stated.

"That is me chasing my dream. That is what I did tonight. An enormous thanks to President Trump. Since you handed this invoice, I can put my cash in direction of releasing music and following my dream. This modifications my life utterly. Thanks a lot," she added.

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A rustic singer on stage thanked President Donald Trump for passing tax reforms in his first yr in workplace. (Workplace of Congressman Andy Ogles)

Ogles equally described the brand new coverage as transformative.

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"The guts of stay music is in my district. Individuals from all over the world come to Nashville to listen to the best stay performances on earth. Many of those performers are my constituents, incomes their dwelling by means of suggestions and gig wages. Eradicating onerous taxes on this revenue will probably be transformative," Ogles stated.