Does my state also stop taxing tips?
The short answer
Example math
Federal qualified tips deduction: $12,000. Illustrative federal marginal rate 22% → ≈ $2,640 federal income-tax savings (illustrative rate; enter your own marginal rate).
State column: unknown without your state’s rules. It could be $0 extra benefit, a partial conformity amount, or no state break at all.
Not tax advice. Do not read a federal calculator result as a state refund.
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Plain English
State by state
9 of 51 states and DC have a position we’ve read on the state tax agency’s own site. Every other row says “Not confirmed yet”: that means we haven’t confirmed it, not that the state taxes or doesn’t tax your tips.
| State | Status | What the state says | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Alaska | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Arizona | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Arkansas | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| California | Doesn’t follow the federal deduction | “No, with respect to the deduction on tips provisions. Yes, with respect to the information return provisions.”A bill that would adopt the deduction for 2026–2028 (AB 1550) was pending; the FTB page doesn’t show it enacted. | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Colorado | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Connecticut | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Delaware | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| District of Columbia | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Florida | No state income tax on wages | “Florida does not impose a personal income tax, so there are no filing requirements.” | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Georgia | Has its own, smaller tip exclusion | “However, up to $1,750 of each may be exempted from the calculation of taxable net income.” | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Hawaii | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Idaho | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Illinois | Nothing published yet | The Illinois Department of Revenue hadn’t published anything on the federal tips deduction when we checked. | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Indiana | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Iowa | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Kansas | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Kentucky | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Louisiana | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Maine | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Maryland | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Massachusetts | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Michigan | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Minnesota | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Mississippi | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Missouri | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Montana | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Nebraska | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Nevada | No state income tax on wages | “Nevada residents do not pay state tax on income earned from salaries, wages, or similar compensation.” | Sep 23, 2026 |
| New Hampshire | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| New Jersey | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| New Mexico | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| New York | Proposed, not enacted | New York’s tax department shows a budget proposal to mirror the federal deduction, not an enacted rule. | Sep 23, 2026 |
| North Carolina | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| North Dakota | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Ohio | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Oklahoma | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Oregon | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | Doesn’t follow the federal deduction | “N/A - PA Personal Income Tax has no provision to exempt certain tip income from taxation.” | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Rhode Island | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| South Carolina | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| South Dakota | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Tennessee | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Texas | No state income tax on wages | “Texas does not have a personal income tax” | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Utah | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Vermont | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Virginia | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Washington | No state income tax on wages | “Washington does not currently have an individual income tax.” | Sep 23, 2026 |
| West Virginia | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Wisconsin | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
| Wyoming | Not confirmed yet | — | — |
What TipMax will say (and won’t)
- Will say: the federal deduction does not mean automatic state conformity.
- Won’t say: a state’s position unless its tax agency has published it. Those rows say “Not confirmed yet.”
- Will point you: to your state Department of Revenue or a qualified tax professional.
Why conformity varies
States tie their tax codes to the Internal Revenue Code on different schedules (rolling, fixed-date, or selective). A federal change for 2025–2028 does not change every state’s rules overnight.
Common mistakes
- Quoting a friend’s state result as yours.
- Ignoring state withholding all year because federal marketing said “no tax on tips.”
- Reading “Not confirmed yet” as “tax-free” or as “taxed.” It only means no one has confirmed it.
Official sources
Last verified:
IRS tip recordkeeping page, Schedule 1-A, and IR-2026-28. Confirmed: the qualified tips deduction is a federal income tax deduction, and it does not by itself change state tax. State rows: each state tax agency page linked in the table, on the date shown.
Still open: Most states haven’t said yet whether they’ll follow the federal deduction, and some have proposals pending.