Tipped workers are expressing concern over their futures as the "no tax on tips" policy is falling short of what they hoped for.

Tipped workers in Nevada, particularly in Las Vegas, are grappling with the reality behind the "no tax on tips" promise, which experts say is misleading. Debra Jeffries, a cocktail waitress and 45-year member of the Culinary Workers Union, expressed her frustration, saying, "Yeah, it's quite a bait and switch from the campaign days to what it basically boils down to. And we're not even sure what that boils down to."

President Trump signed a proclamation last week marking the 90th anniversary of the establishment of Social Security, the landmark social safety net program passed during the height of the Great Depression to provide basic financial relief to the country’s seniors.

For immigrants in the U.S. attempting to avoid deportation but still trying to play by the rules as best they can, the masked federal officers roaming the streets aren’t their only worry. It turns out the records they provided the government, such as tax and medical information, could be their undoing now that the Trump administration is using that data to locate them and their families.

The new federal law making tips tax-free could benefit Nevada workers more than those in other states — but there are also caveats, such as a little-mentioned marriage penalty.

Tucked in President Donald Trump’s budget bill is a tax increase for gamblers. The change decreases how much of gamblers' losses can be deducted from their federal taxes. One effect is that those who itemize their IRS returns will pay taxes on losses as if they were income.

The discussion comes as lawmakers consider the potential benefits and drawbacks of the proposed change.

Republicans are pressing to boost the child tax credit — a bipartisan goal that would benefit more than 20 million households — in their bid to reshape the nation’s tax code. But they’ve also attached provisions meant to cut off undocumented immigrants that would disqualify many U.S.-born children from the tax break and create complications for some married filers who are both citizens and usually file separately.