Tag: overtime pay

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How Many Workers Could Alter Overtime Work Due to the OBBBA?

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March 31, 2026

Economics 101 teaches that it is a bad idea to design taxes that distort behavior. Yet the “No Tax on Overtime” provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) – which is in effect from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028 – could cause behavior to change in two ways…