‘No Tax on Tips’ Won’t Help Everyone: D.C. Emergency Tax Bill and State Rules Shrink 2025 Breaks on Overtime and Seniors
As Washington, D.C. scrambles to plug a looming budget hole, a new emergency tax bill is cutting off some of the headline federal tax breaks for tips, overtime and seniors — and it’s a warning sign for workers and retirees across the country who assume those 2025 perks automatically apply in their state. Dateline – November 16, 2025 Americans have spent months hearing about the “no tax on tips” deduction, overtime tax relief and a new $6,000 “senior bonus” deduction included in President Donald Trump’s 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) tax law. On paper, those perks look like a windfall for service workers,