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In Case You Missed It, American workers, families, and businesses are loving the Working Families Tax Cuts. At a roundtable discussion last week in Sandy, Utah, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) heard from small business leaders and educators about how provisions of the bill—like President Trump’s No Tax on Tips and making college more affordable—are boosting Utahns’ bottom lines.

The benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts don’t stop in Utah. Americans across the nation are already taking home more of their hard-earned dollars to support their families, invest in education, and pursue new opportunities.
 


Rep. Burgess Owens hosts roundtable: How no tax on tips, overtime will benefit Utahns
Deseret News
Caitlin Keith

Utah Rep. Burgess Owens and fellow Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., joined with a number of local stakeholders Friday to discuss how Utahns will benefit from the Working Families Tax Cut Act.

… According to Owens, who is Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee chairman, the legislation is the largest tax cut in the history of the U.S.

“The real benefit of this bill is that it impacts everyone,” said Melva Sine, the CEO and president of the Utah Restaurant Association.

“It gives us all more discretionary income so that we can enjoy the services, whether it’s a private school, whether it’s going out and enjoying your favorite restaurant more often… this provides discretionary income for us all to enjoy using the services and the things that are available in our communities,” she added.

… Owens also said that this legislation is Congress recognizing that what they do is “truly at the front edge of our country’s freedom, our culture, our ability to educate our kids, ability to let them go out and have a good career, build their families, dream big, and a place of safety.”

… Walberg, who is Education and Workforce Committee chairman, said that when he goes to restaurants, he will write on the receipt, “I love no tax on tips” …

“It was more than just the money for them… They could choose how to make more, and they wouldn’t be just the hourly employee in some of their minds. They were entrepreneurs. They were independent workers,” the congressman said.

Read the full article here.