Posts tagged Service Industry
L.A. Airport Workers and Hotel Workers Will Be Earning $30 An Hour by July 2028
L.A. Airport Workers and Hotel Workers Will Be Earning $30 An Hour by July 2028

The City of Los Angeles’ Ordinance requiring a $30 minimum wage for hotel and airport workers is no longer suspended, meaning the ordinance became effective on September 8, 2025. The referendum petition that had kept the new ordinance in suspension has failed due to insufficient signatures in support of the referendum.

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Business Owners, Bars, Employee, Employers, Employment, Minimum Wage, Restaurants, Hotel Workers, Airport WorkersKathleenLos Angeles Airport Worker, Los Angeles Hotel Worker, Los Angeles Living Wage, minimum wage increase, minimum wage, $30 Minimum Wage, Service Industry, 2028 Summer Olympics
IRS Proposes New Program that will Disproportionately Crackdown on Small Business and the Working Class, i.e. the “Small Guys.”
IRS Proposes New Program that will Disproportionately Crackdown on Small Business and the Working Class, i.e. the “Small Guys.”

This past Monday, February 6, 2023, the IRS announced that it is proposing a new program that would allow digital tracking of all service employees’ tips. The new program is called The Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA), which will require more stringent monitoring and reporting of all tips. The SITCA program is the beginning of a new era: one where transactions, even the smallest transactions for a cup of coffee, can trigger tax liability

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Employers, EmploymentKathleenSITCA, IRS, Taxes, Tips, The Internal Revenue Service, Service Industry, The Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA), Tip Rate Determination Agreement (TRDA), Tip Reporting Alternative Commitment (TRAC), Employer signed TRAC (EmTRAC)., 26 C.F.R. §31.3121(q)