HF268 • 2026

A bill for an act exempting cash tips from the individual income tax, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 1030 .)

Taxes

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: YOUNG and WELDON
Last action: 2025-04-17
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 1030 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act exempting cash tips from the individual income tax, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 1030 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act exempting cash tips from the individual income tax, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 1030 .)

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Bill History

2025-04-17 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 1030 .
2025-04-16 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 24. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 990 .
2025-04-16 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 990 .
2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature
Sponsor added, Holt. H.J. 811 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Sponsors added, Behn, Bloomingdale, Boden, Johnson, C., Jones, Lundgren, Meggers, Nordman, Sexton, and Vondran. H.J. 750 .
2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 12:45PM House Lounge 2.
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Young, Behn and Wichtendahl. H.J. 406 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 262 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act exempting cash tips from the individual income tax, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 1030 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

268

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

268

BY

YOUNG

and

WELDON

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

exempting

cash

tips

from

the

individual

income

tax,

and

1

including

applicability

provisions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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2526YH

(2)

91

jm/jh

H.F.

268

Section

1.

Section

422.7,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

45.

Subtract,

to

the

extent

included,

3

the

amount

of

cash

tips

that

were

received

and

are

included

4

on

statements

furnished

to

an

employer

as

required

by

section

5

6053(a)

of

the

Internal

Revenue

Code.

6

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

tax

years

7

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

2026.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

This

bill

excludes

from

the

individual

income

tax

the

amount

12

of

cash

tips

received

and

included

on

statements

furnished

to

13

an

employer

as

required

by

section

6053(a)

of

the

Internal

14

Revenue

Code.

15

The

bill

applies

to

tax

years

beginning

on

or

after

January

16

1,

2026.

17

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