Vice President Kamala Harris told supporters in Nevada she supported eliminating taxes on tips during a campaign rally speech. Francine Lipman, a tax law professor at UNLV's William S. Boyd School of Law, discusses why she doesn't believe cutting taxes on tips would help service workers.

Presidential nominees Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have pitched a unique proposal to appeal to tipped workers: no tax on tips. The goal they said is to alleviate financial pressure among the working class amidst rising costs of living. Defined by the U.S. Department of Labor, a tip worker is an employee who regularly receives more than $30 per month in tips.

After most Nevada voters surveyed supported the recent ‘no taxes on tips’ proposal, 8 News Now spoke with several gig workers Thursday who shared what they’re hoping to see.

Presidential nominees Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both talked about plans to eliminate taxes on tips during recent campaign stops in Las Vegas. The strategy is meant to appeal to a key voting bloc in a swing state where the service industry employs more than a quarter of the workforce. For more on the actual economic impact it would have and how it's being received by service workers, here's KNPR's Christopher Alvarez.

The Nevada vote for president could determine a razor-thin election, and eliminating federal taxes on tips could dictate that outcome and potentially pose unintended consequences. Las Vegas workers depend on tips, and some of them on the Strip said customers give them over $500 a night during busy seasons. But that’s not what they or off-Strip workers are taking home.

The Nevada vote for president could determine a razor-thin election, and eliminating federal taxes on tips could dictate that outcome and potentially pose unintended consequences.

The Nevada vote for president could determine a razor-thin election, and eliminating federal taxes on tips could dictate that outcome and potentially pose unintended consequences. Las Vegas workers depend on tips, and some of them on the Strip said customers give them over $500 a night during busy seasons. But that’s not what they or off-Strip workers are taking home.

Politicians are falling all over themselves lately to support the idea that the federal government shouldn’t tax tips. For more the tens of thousands of workers in Las Vegas who consider tips a part of their living wages, it seems like a good idea.