Tax Free Tips Act a Home Run for restaurants (free beer!)

[Elwar]

From an e-mail in our meetup (edited for general use):

I blanketed all the bars and restaurants downtown tonight with the Tax Free Tips Act flyer. The response was tremendous. It was good for free drinks and no cover all night. If I'm late to the Paint the Town Ron Event on Saturday morning, now you know why! I urge you to click the following link and print as many of these as you can:

http://www.themissionlive.com/satexasrealtor/TaxFreeTipsAct.doc

Hit all the bars, restaurants, hair salons, taxi operators, and casinos in your area. I guarantee you will be their new best friend. We may as well have walked on water and parted the Red Sea. Okay, maybe it wasn't quite that extreme, but RP definitely hit a home run with this one!

(later in the weekend...)

I delivered about 500 of these over the weekend to area restaurants. The response has been incredible and there are now many restaurants in the area with Ron Paul info on their bulletin board. I urge you all to print some of these and make the rounds. Restaurants, taxi operators, hair salons, big hotels. Anywhere that the employees make tips.

[yoshimaroka]

Bump

[UCFGavin]

that is awesome news, and i really hope something comes from it in terms of the actual government doing something about it.

[DjLoTi]

Nice, I highly recommend anyone with good city activity (NYC, LA, SA, Chi-town, BigD, Houston, ect., or anywhere with a good city life flush with restaurants/bars (obviously I am not in one of these major cities)) to do this. Plus free drinks? Why not! If you like going out to eat, always take these with you. Ask to talk to the manager, and tell him you support Ron Paul, hand him the flier, and let him know that he would end taxes on tips and thought he would be interested. It is their job to satisfy their customers, so they will not blow you off. More then likely, they'll thank you and leave it at that at worst.

[princessredtights]

Our meetup is making a flyer for this - on the back, we are including information to how to contact our representatives (make it easy for them! :D )

[mavtek]

Bump I've been doing the same thing, I've been printing up our congressman's names on the back and phone numbers too! I haven't done 500 though wow!

[DrNoZone]

Our meetup is making a flyer for this - on the back, we are including information to how to contact our representatives (make it easy for them! :D )

I'd love to see this flyer. I've seen a few that are around, but I have yet to find one I think is effective. I plan to make my own soon, but if yours is good I'll just use it!

I went out to eat with my wife last night. We left a hand written note with our tip about the Tax Free Tips act and also left a RP patriot card and a CD with 3 RP interviews on it. I'm not sure what impact it had since we were gone before our waitress picked it up, but I hope she at least read through it!

[Elwar]

Oooh...maybe instead of flyers we could have business cards with the information.

To be left with every tip.

[micahnelson]

How about something more coaster sized?

http://www.micahnelson.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/tft1.png


I can make a back to it if people want to use it.

[Zydeco]

This is awesome -- I am going to print out 100 of these and hit all the bars and restaurants in my neighborhood tomorrow night.

[DrNoZone]

How about something more coaster sized?

http://www.micahnelson.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/tft1.png


I can make a back to it if people want to use it.

Now THIS I would use! Yes, please make a back side to it that informs them more about RP and gives them places to go to learn more. Include the toll free number for the campaign in addition to the website, for those who don't have web access. And can you make it a PDF or Word file so we can all download it?

[Stealth4]

This is awesome -- I am going to print out 100 of these and hit all the bars and restaurants in my neighborhood tomorrow night.

Prepare for a large hangover wednesday morning.

[micahnelson]

these are png images, I can do it as a PDF. What would be a good place to get something like this printed on a glossy square of paper front and back?

[DrNoZone]

these are png images, I can do it as a PDF. What would be a good place to get something like this printed on a glossy square of paper front and back?

PDF would be great! As for printing, I'm sure you could do it for a fair price at Kinko's, but only as regular paper, color printing. I'm not sure how their prices are on glossy stock. I think color printing on regular paper would be fine.

When will this be ready? I'd like to get these printed and start handing them out tonight!

[DrNoZone]

Oh, and I would change the bottom to read "Congressman & Republican Presidential Candidate"

[Stealth4]

Are there any restaurant forums we could post this in?

[micahnelson]

Hmm I guess I'll crank them out now... gimmie like ten minutes. What should be on the back?

[runderwo]

Another take:

http://www.ozarksvoter.info/ronpaul/taxfreetip.pdf

[McDermit]

The drop shadow is too far spread... makes the text look too fuzzy.

[micahnelson]

Ok, i'll tighten up the graphics...

Hey I called 1-800-Ron Paul

is that a place we are supposed to be directing potential voters?

[DrNoZone]

Ok, i'll tighten up the graphics...

Hey I called 1-800-Ron Paul

is that a place we are supposed to be directing potential voters?

I'm not sure, I had heard there was an official Toll Free number. Is there?

Here's the number on the official campaign website: 703-248-9115

[DrNoZone]

Hmm I guess I'll crank them out now... gimmie like ten minutes. What should be on the back?

Check out the back of this flyer for inspiration on what you could put on the back: http://www.ronpaulaudio.com/Flyers/mosaicslimjimflyer.html

[micahnelson]

I can't get there... unfortunately el blocked at work

[DrNoZone]

I can't get there... unfortunately el blocked at work

Ok, check it out on this thread: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=16277

[TooConservative]

Consider putting the registration deadline on the backs of these flyers.

It's not enough to get a good response. We need to get them registered and ready to vote. And we need to follow through, help them get absentee ballots or whatever else in order to get those votes cast for Ron Paul.

These are a great opener for Ron Paul's message. We need to make sure we've closed the sale on actual votes.

[Stealth4]

Consider putting the registration deadline on the backs of these flyers.

It's not enough to get a good response. We need to get them registered and ready to vote. And we need to follow through, help them get absentee ballots or whatever else in order to get those votes cast for Ron Paul.

These are a great opener for Ron Paul's message. We need to make sure we've closed the sale on actual votes.

Good Point

[DrNoZone]

Consider putting the registration deadline on the backs of these flyers.

It's not enough to get a good response. We need to get them registered and ready to vote. And we need to follow through, help them get absentee ballots or whatever else in order to get those votes cast for Ron Paul.

These are a great opener for Ron Paul's message. We need to make sure we've closed the sale on actual votes.

Yes, excellent point. I will be writing that in on every one of the handouts I give out; it has to be customized for your location.

[Razmear]

Here is a PDF version of the original .DOC file:
http://rp4.us/files/TaxFreeTipsAct.pdf

Also here is the bill number and info from Thomas for tracking the progress:

H.R.3664 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that tips shall not be subject to income or employment taxes.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/25/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

eb

[Razmear]

Here is the full text of the bill, links to Thomas data time out after a while because of temp urls.


Tax Free Tips Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)

HR 3664 IH

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3664

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that tips shall not be subject to income or employment taxes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 25, 2007

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that tips shall not be subject to income or employment taxes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Tax Free Tips Act of 2007'.

(b) Amendment of 1986 Code- Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of , a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 2. TIPS NOT SUBJECT TO INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT TAXES.

(a) In General- Section 102 (relating to gifts and inheritances) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(d) Tips- For purposes of subsection (a), tips shall be treated as property transferred by gift.'.

(b) Exclusion From Social Security Taxes-

(1) SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES-

(A) Paragraph (12) of section 3121(a) is amended to read as follows:

`(12) tips;'.

(B) Section 3121 is amended by striking subsection (q) (relating to tips included for both employee and employer taxes).

(C) Subsection (a) of section 3102 is amended by striking `; and an employer who is furnished by an employee a written statement of tips (received in a calendar month) pursuant to section 6053(a) to which paragraph (12)(B) of section 3121(a) is applicable may deduct an amount equivalent to such tax with respect to such tips from any wages of the employee (exclusive of tips) under his control, even though at the time such statement is furnished the total amount of the tips included in statements furnished to the employer as having been received by the employee in such calendar month in the course of his employment by such employer is less than $20'.

(D) Section 3102 is amended by striking subsection (c) (relating to special rule for tips).

(E) Subsection (a) of section 3202 is amended by striking the second sentence.

(2) TIER 1 RAILROAD RETIREMENT-

(A) Section 3202 is amended by striking subsection (c).

(B) Paragraph (3) of section 3231(e) is amended to read as follows:

`(3) Solely for purposes of the taxes imposed by section 3201 and other provisions of this chapter insofar as they relate to such taxes, the term `compensation' shall not include tips.'.

(C) Section 3231 is amended by striking subsection (h).

(c) Exclusion From Unemployment Compensation Taxes- Subsection (s) of section 3306 is amended to read as follows:

`(s) Tips Not Treated as Wages- For purposes of this chapter, the term `wages' shall not include tips.'.

(d) Exclusion From Wage Withholding-

(1) Paragraph (16) of section 3401(a) is amended to read as follows:

`(16) tips;'.

(2) Section 3401 is amended by striking subsection (f).

(3) Section 3402 is amended by striking subsection (k).

(e) Tips Defined- Subsection (a) of section 7701 (relating to definitions) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

`(50) TIPS- The term `tips' includes any gratuity provided to a salaried employee by a customer or client of the employer's business.'.

(f) Conforming Amendments-

(1) Clause (i) of section 32(c)(2)(A) (defining earned income) is amended by striking `tips,'.

(2)(A) Section 45B (relating to credit for portion of employer social security taxes paid with respect to employee cash tips) is hereby repealed.

(B) The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section 45B.

(C) Subsection (b) of section 38 is amended by striking paragraph (11) and by redesignating the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.

(D) Subsection (c) of section 196 is amended by striking paragraph (8) and by redesignating the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.

(E) Subsection (m) of section 6501 is amended by striking `45B,'.

(3) Section 220(b)(4)(A) is amended by striking `tips,'.

(4) Section 451 is amended by striking subsection (c).

(5) Section 6001 is amended by striking the last sentence.

(6) Section 6041 is amended by striking subsection (e).

(7) Subsection (c) of section 6041A is amended by striking `, 6052, or 6053' and inserting `or 6052'.

(8) Subsection (a) of section 6051 is amended by striking `In the case of tips received by an employee in the course of his employment, the amounts required to be shown by paragraphs (3) and (5) shall include only such tips as are included in statements furnished to the employer pursuant to section 6053(a).'.

(9) Section 6053 (relating to tip reporting) is hereby repealed.

(10) The table of sections for subpart C of part III of subchapter A of chapter 61 is amended by striking the item relating to section 6053.

(11) Section 6652 is amended by striking subsection (b) (relating to failure to report tips).

(12) Section 6674 (relating to fraudulent statement or failure to furnish statement to employee) is amended by striking `or 6053(b)' each place it appears.

(13) Subparagraph (B) of section 6724(d)(1) is amended by striking clause (xv) and redesignating the succeeding clauses accordingly.

(14) Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d) is amended by striking subparagraph (V) and redesignating the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly.

(g) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply to tips received in calendar months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

[TooConservative]

Some of you might consider leaving a copy of Ron Paul's congressional bill at these restaurants, bars, hotels. To show them he's serious.

There are other types of targeted campaigns like this, some could apply in early primary states.

For instance, medical marijuana.

Or industrial hemp in IA or South Dakota or most of the farm states (to replace oil-based plastics and raise farm income on marginal lands without using irrigation).

Or for Ron Paul's stand against the ban on internet poker games.

And Ron Paul's stand against the excessive airport user fees which were really resented by the private jet companies.

There are a lot of folks out there who don't vote or who just vote for the same two parties over and over and are sick of getting the shaft from them. If we can find enough of these voters and give them all just ONE THING they really want, we could win this nomination and the election. And most of the time, what they want is the government to stop screwing them or infringing on their liberties or being a nanny state.

[micahnelson]

OK... almos done... whats an awesome Ron Paul quote to finish it off? I was thinking.

"I am just absolutely convinced that
the best formula for giving us peace
and preserving the American way of
life is freedom, limited government,
and minding our own business overseas."
-Ron Paul

[DrNoZone]

OK... almos done... whats an awesome Ron Paul quote to finish it off? I was thinking.

"I am just absolutely convinced that
the best formula for giving us peace
and preserving the American way of
life is freedom, limited government,
and minding our own business overseas."
-Ron Paul

How about "We should take our marching orders from the Constitution!"

[micahnelson]

How about "We should take our marching orders from the Constitution!"

need something a little longer i think for the space

[DrNoZone]

need something a little longer i think for the space

How about this:

"Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers clearly understood this, as evidenced...by our Republican Constitutional system."

Or

"Simply put, freedom is the absence of government coercion. Our Founding Fathers understood this, and created the least coercive government in the history of the world."

[DrNoZone]

Any good news on these flyer's Micah?

[micahnelson]

good news, my work email filters are properly protecting the internet from outbound zip files. The bad news, I'm going to have to upload the PDF tomorrow.

Sorry =(

[DrNoZone]

good news, my work email filters are properly protecting the internet from outbound zip files. The bad news, I'm going to have to upload the PDF tomorrow.

Sorry =(

It's all good! Thanks for the hard work. I have a feeling these will be very effective. Can't wait to see it.

One thing I neglected to mention that should be added to the back is the bill number and and something saying "call your representative and ask them to support this bill", and then the Congress switchboard (House switchboard: 202-225-3121, Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121)

[princessredtights]

I'd love to see this flyer. I've seen a few that are around, but I have yet to find one I think is effective. I plan to make my own soon, but if yours is good I'll just use it!

I went out to eat with my wife last night. We left a hand written note with our tip about the Tax Free Tips act and also left a RP patriot card and a CD with 3 RP interviews on it. I'm not sure what impact it had since we were gone before our waitress picked it up, but I hope she at least read through it!

please PM me your email addy and I'll be happy to forward it to you!

We will be paperclipping a liberty card to the flyer -

[specsaregood]

these are png images, I can do it as a PDF. What would be a good place to get something like this printed on a glossy square of paper front and back?

These guys are awesome with great prices:
http://www.clubflyers.com/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=33

McDermit has used them and so have I.

I plan on using them again soon.

[JasonM]

bump

[JasonM]

please make this a stickey

[born2drv]

Great idea --- I'll just add 1 more suggestion... carry around a ton of slim jims with you... if they really like the message give them a couple hundred and encourage them to give them out to their customers!

[DrNoZone]

*bump*

Any news Micah?

[Razmear]

*bump*

[ASayre]

A 2-sided flier I made which was based off of the original one -- it was designed for both restaurant/hospitality owners and employees

http://runuo.com/asayre/TaxFreeTipsAct-1.doc

PDF file with a generic meetup url: http://runuo.com/asayre/TaxFreeTipsAct-1.pdf

The meetup link/url would have to be tweaked for each area of course

EDIT: Please redownload. Typo on the Phone number

[nullvalu]

^^ Very nice! & Welcome to the forum..

[DrNoZone]

A 2-sided flier I made which was based off of the original one -- it was designed for both restaurant/hospitality owners and employees

http://runuo.com/asayre/TaxFreeTipsAct-1.doc

The meetup link/url would have to be tweaked for each area of course

Can you do this in PDF format? I'm on a mac and can't view it in Word.

[nullvalu]

Can you do this in PDF format? I'm on a mac and can't view it in Word.

Here, I converted it to PDF.. You can download the PDF version of the flyer here: http://s188349088.onlinehome.us/TaxFreeTipsAct.pdf

[Stealth4]

I think the switchboard phone is wrong on the document!!!!!

I think its (202) 224-3121 you have "225"

see www.house.gov it is 224

[ASayre]

Edited post to add the PDF - With a generic Meetup address so it applies to people outside Santa Barbara :)

[nullvalu]

I think the switchboard phone is wrong on the document!!!!!

I think its (202) 224-3121 you have "225"

see www.house.gov it is 224

Wow, nice catch! I updated the PDF.. here: http://s188349088.onlinehome.us/TaxFreeTipsAct.pdf

[ASayre]

I think the switchboard phone is wrong on the document!!!!!

I think its (202) 224-3121 you have "225"

see www.house.gov it is 224

Oops! See my original post and redownload, fixed, and thanks!

[Stealth4]

nullvalu

Could you give me a PDF of the flyer above with:

1) Remove register republican (dont need it in VA). Just have 'Register to Vote and Vote in the Primaries'
2) Above the meetup link put 'Arlington/Alexandria'

3) change the meetup group to /30


I'd like to get this out to my meetup group - thank you, if you have the time.
If you do I can PM you my email address.

[ASayre]

nullvalu

Could you give me a PDF of the flyer above with:

1) Remove register republican (dont need it in VA). Just have 'Register to Vote and Vote in the Primaries'
2) Above the meetup link put 'Arlington/Alexandria'

3) change the meetup group to /30


I'd like to get this out to my meetup group - thank you, if you have the time.
If you do I can PM you my email address.

http://runuo.com/asayre/TaxFreeTipsAct-Stealth4.pdf

[lx43]

I bet a lot of people in Myrtle Beach would love this.

[Razmear]

Has anyone tried to get this down to a half or quarter page, or even business card sized handout that could be placed easily with payment or tacked to the business card display at many local restaurants?
If yes, please share, if not, I'll see what I can do.

eb

[bbachtung]

Here's a place where you can get custom-made cardboard coasters (bar owners usually don't turn down free supplies):

http://www.extra-mile.com/promotion/coasters.htm

[Stealth4]

http://runuo.com/asayre/TaxFreeTipsAct-Stealth4.pdf

Thanks!

Its out to my meetup now.

[DrNoZone]

Where's Micah? I liked his version better. I love the look of this new one, but I don't like the wording on the back; it needs to be spiced up and checked for grammatical error.

[Razmear]

Is the Tax Free Tips info anywhere on the official RP website?
For my business card I'm putting "learn more at ronpaul2008.com" but I can't find any info about the bill on the site.

eb

[DrNoZone]

Is the Tax Free Tips info anywhere on the official RP website?
For my business card I'm putting "learn more at ronpaul2008.com" but I can't find any info about the bill on the site.

eb

Check his House site. I bet it's up there.

http://www.house.gov/paul/

http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2007/pr092707.htm

[Razmear]

Yeah, but that doesn't mention that he is a candidate for president or have a Donate button near by.
Hmmm, might postpone the business cards and try to get short URL TaxFreeTips portal site up.

eb