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McDonalds and other QSR owners do benefit from taxpayer dollars.McDonald’s CEO says Trump’s no tax on tips amplifies an ‘uneven playing field’ for its restaurants, which don’t get ‘customers to pay’ for labor
McDonald’s employees will not only get no benefits from President Donald Trump’s no tax on tips efforts, but the policy also exposes inequities between businesses that decide to pay workers the federal minimum wage versus those who pay employees a smaller wage supplemented by tips, according to CEO Chris Kempczinski.
- President Donald Trump has outlined which workers will be eligible for tax deductions as a result of his no tax on tips policy. This policy will not benefit McDonald’s workers, according to CEO Chris Kempczinski, because its restaurants do not have tips. Instead, the policy will give businesses that dole out smaller wages for tipped workers an outsize advantage.
The fast food boss told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday that while he supports the no tax on tips policy, it doesn’t do any favors for McDonald’s restaurant workers.
By offering a reward for certain tipped workers, no tax on tips provides an outsize advantage to businesses paying workers less with the expectation the employees will make the majority of their wages in tips, Karla Dennis, a tax strategist, previously told Fortune.
“It is a win for the business owner,” Dennis said. “They may have more of their employees wanting to work the jobs that earn tips, and it may also help to get more people in these service-oriented jobs.”
They pay minimum wage to many employees who in turn get housing assistance, Medicaid, food stamps, etc.
The taxpayer ultimately provides profits to the QSR owner.