Governor Tony Evers on Friday vetoed Republican authored bills to provide state income tax deductions on tips and overtime.
In his veto message on overtime, the Democratic governor said he objected to the bill changing the tax code in a way that will treat workers who earn similar wages differently just because of their classification as salaried or hourly.
On tips, Evers said he objected to the legislature, effectively ceding control over the direction of state tax policy to Congress by connecting the proposed state tax deduction to any change in the federal deduction regardless of what’s best for Wisconsin. Evers had actually included a measure to eliminate taxes on cash tips in his own budget proposal, but public and lawmakers removed it during Joint Finance Committee deliberations.
Republican response included candidate for governor, Congressman Tom Tiffany, who said if elected, he’d sign both bills into law.