Ledger · 2024 campaign · № 218

No tax on overtime — capped and expiring in 2028

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“[paraphrase] We are going to end all taxes on overtime.”
Promised
, Campaign rally, Tucson, Arizona
Re-promised
20 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Taxes & deficit
Era
2024 campaign

What happened

The 2025 tax law created a deduction for overtime premium pay capped at $12,500 for single filers ($25,000 joint), phased out at higher incomes and expiring after 2028 — not an end to taxation of overtime. Payroll taxes still apply and the benefit is unavailable to workers who take the deduction against no federal income tax liability.

Sources

  1. MAGA-Meter: End taxation on overtime PolitiFact, Jan 20, 2026
  2. Donald Trump says he kept his campaign promises. The record is more complicated. Poynter, Jan 20, 2026