{"id":23378,"date":"2026-04-18T18:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/servers-and-bartenders-dont-know-why-their-refunds-are-bigger-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:52:41","slug":"servers-and-bartenders-dont-know-why-their-refunds-are-bigger-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/servers-and-bartenders-dont-know-why-their-refunds-are-bigger-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Servers And Bartenders Don\u2019t Know Why Their Refunds Are Bigger This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Hospitality workers across the country say they\u2019re seeing bigger tax refunds this year, but many told The Daily Wire they had never heard of President Trump\u2019s \u201cNo Tax On Tips\u201d policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cReally? No, I did not know that,\u201d one person said. Another reacted with disbelief: \u201cWhat? Oh my gosh.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The Daily Wire asked one waitress at Pearl Dive Oyster Bar, \u201cWas your refund better than last year\u2019s?\u201d She said she received a refund this year, whereas last year, she had to pay taxes. When we asked her why she believed her tax situation suddenly changed, the waitress guessed that she must have made more money at her old job. We followed up by asking her if she thought it could be because her tips weren\u2019t taxed this year, and the waitress said she had never heard of the policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cIs that a good thing for us?\u201d she asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cWell, if you got more money back,\u201d we responded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u201cI guess that\u2019s one good thing he did,\u201d she added of President Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bartenders and servers told me their tax refunds were better than last year but they had no idea why\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have a messaging problem <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XgqMzHhcfQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/XgqMzHhcfQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brecca Stoll (@breccastoll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/breccastoll\/status\/2045571269706371442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">One bartender said he thought his tax situation changed because he claimed his son as a dependent. \u201cWhy do you think you got so much back? Really? Because my son\u2014I claim him\u2014so, you know, it just boosted the profit,\u201d he said, before adding, \u201cOther than that, I wouldn\u2019t have gotten too much at all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">However, after hearing about \u201cNo Tax on Tips,\u201d he laughed and said, \u201cOh yes, I would definitely say that was it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Another worker said, \u201cI\u2019m not sure why it was better, but it was better.\u201d Her coworker answered for her, saying it was because tips weren\u2019t taxed up to $25,000 this year, and neither was overtime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">2025 was a historic high for tax refunds, with the average refund being <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/the-trump-administrations-1000-tax-refund-promise-falls-short-by-665\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">$3,274<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2014 which is 11% higher than last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Trump touted the policy in Las Vegas on Thursday. \u201cLas Vegas is the home of the largest concentration of tipped workers anywhere in the country, and thanks to our tax cuts, this week, thousands of Nevada waiters, casino dealers, bartenders, caddies, and valets received the biggest tax refunds of their entire lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Originating in Las Vegas, the policy\u2014along with \u201cno tax on Social Security\u201d and \u201cno tax on overtime\u201d\u2014was a frontrunner on the campaign trail. Yet, the majority of hospitality workers The Daily Wire interviewed in Washington, D.C., had not heard of the flagship proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The issue is not new. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">A lack of awareness about current events is a trend The Daily Wire has observed firsthand. When the outlet interviewed Kamala Harris supporters at her book tour in Nashville, Tennessee, many couldn\u2019t name her \u201cbest policy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">A viral spring break video also highlighted how little some teenagers knew about foreign affairs, with several saying they had never heard of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah\u2014let alone claims that the U.S. had killed him. Daily Wire host Matt Walsh commented, \u201cI actually don\u2019t mind the fact that a bunch of 18- and 19-year-old kids are totally ignorant about world affairs\u2026 but the problem is that these kids can vote\u2026 raise the voting age to 25.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/servers-and-bartenders-dont-know-why-their-refunds-are-bigger-this-year\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hospitality workers across the country say they\u2019re seeing bigger tax refunds this year, but many told The Daily Wire they had never heard of President Trump\u2019s \u201cNo Tax On Tips\u201d policy. \u201cReally? No, I did not know that,\u201d one person said. Another reacted with disbelief: \u201cWhat? 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