No tip tax

Nevada: Trump lures voters with expensive election candy

Donald Trump is busy courting voters. In the tourist city of Las Vegas, he has now tried to score points by abolishing the tax on tips. An expensive undertaking.

"This is the first time I've said this, and for the hotel workers and the people who get tips, it will be a great joy because when I'm in office, we will not tax tips," said the Republican presidential candidate at a campaign event in Nevada on Sunday.

The US state is considered one of the key states for the presidential election in November. Both US President Joe Biden and Trump are considered to have a good chance of winning the election in the so-called "swing state".

Expensive election sweetener
Trump has already promised to permanently introduce the tax cuts passed by the Republicans in 2017, which are due to expire at the end of 2025. Tax experts estimate that this would increase the US deficit by around four trillion dollars over a ten-year period compared to current forecasts.

Nevada is one of six or seven swing states expected to decide the outcome of the election. According to the latest Fox News poll following Trump's guilty verdict in the hush money trial, Trump is five percentage points ahead of Biden in Nevada.