While at the roundtable, Horsford heard from Culinary Union Local 226 members about their struggles, fielding questions ranging from the effect of the bill on proof-of-income for mortgage and credit applications to patrons failing to tip if wages are raised to the effects of lost tax revenue on the government, and how officials might seek to make up the shortfall.
"But it is very frustrating by the end of the year because I stay in tip compliance because I don't want to get audited," she said. "And so I feel like I'm in a choke hold when it comes to this because I don't want to get off of it because if I claim it myself, then I get audited, and I have to prove every single penny. And then they're going to try taking even more from me. But it would be thousands of dollars [saved by the no-tax bill] I know that for sure."