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U.S. President Joe Biden supports the idea of eliminating taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers, the White House said on Monday.
"Absolutely," said White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre, asked at a briefing if Biden would sign legislation doing so were it passed by Congress. "This is something that the president supports. He supports eliminating taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers," as well as raising the minimum wage.
The statement came after Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, said in Nevada on Saturday that she supported eliminating taxes on tips, taking a similar position to her rival Donald Trump in an effort to win over service workers.
That group is a large and politically influential constituency in the state, which is expected to be closely contested in the 2024 election.
Support for the policy marks a rare area of agreement between the two major party's presidential candidates.
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