No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title 'No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act.'
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act .
2Deduction for certain overtime compensation
This section would rewrite the definition of 'qualified overtime compensation' in section 225(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the term that controls which overtime pay can be deducted under that section. Under the new definition, qualified overtime compensation would cover two kinds of pay. First, it would include any overtime pay that an employer is required to pay under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, to the extent that pay is above the individual's regular rate as used in that section. Second, it would also include other compensation paid above an individual's regular rate if that pay is for work for a single employer done under an agreement between the employee, or a labor organization representing the employee, and the employer, and the agreement was entered into before the work was performed, and either of two further conditions is met: the work exceeds a standard number of hours for a specified period that the agreement sets at not less than 40 hours for a 7-day work period, or, where both the employee (including a crewmember, flight crewmember, or rail operating craft employee) and the employer are covered by the Railway Labor Act, the work is beyond scheduled or anticipated hours on duty, or is for hours on duty beyond a maximum set under the agreement for a specified period. This would extend the deduction beyond overtime that federal law already requires employers to pay, to also cover certain contract-based extra pay, including arrangements covering railway and airline crews whose schedules do not follow a standard 40-hour week. This section would apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
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2. Deduction for certain overtime compensation (a) In general Section 225(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (1) In general For purposes of this section, the term qualified overtime compensation means— (A) any overtime compensation paid to an individual required under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that is in excess of the regular rate (as used in such section) at which such individual is employed, or (B) any compensation paid to an individual that is in excess of the regular rate at which such individual is employed if— (i) such compensation is paid for work for a single employer pursuant to an agreement between the employee (or labor organization representing such employee) and employer entered into before the performance of the work, and (ii) either— (I) such work is in excess of a standard number of hours of such work for a specified period of time, and such agreement specifies that such standard number of hours for a specified period of time is not less than 40 hours for a 7-day work period, or (II) if the employee (including any crewmember or flight crewmember, or rail operating craft employee) and employer referred to in clause (i) are both covered by the Railway Labor Act, such work is beyond scheduled or anticipated hours on duty or for hours on duty that exceed a maximum number of hours with respect to a specified period of time (as determined pursuant to such agreement). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
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