Local bartenders in favor of ending taxes on tips, but expert says it ignores bigger issues – Champaign News-Gazette

Alison Dickson, an instructor at the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations, recently worked on a study requested by the Chicago mayor’s office that played a role in the establishment of the city’s One Fair Wage ordinance, which began phasing out the subminimum wage for tipped workers. Her take: Proposals like the No Tax on Tips Act are just about optics. Many tipped workers already don’t pay income taxes because they make so little.