“This law is about helping working families get ahead and making life easier and more affordable for them, and that’s why I was proud to vote for it.”
WASHINGTON – On Tax Day, Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) shares how Ohioans are seeing the benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA) as they receive their 2025 tax returns. Husted voted for the package in July 2025.
More than 53 million American taxpayers claimed at least one of the new tax cuts.
View Husted’s remarks here.
Husted’s remarks include:
“This tax season, Ohioans shared with me how they’ve been benefiting from the Working Families Tax Cuts Act.
“Just last week, a pizza delivery driver told me that he was able to pay off his car. A young server paid off her college loan.
“These are real-life examples of the benefits of the package, which include no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, an increased child tax credit of $2,200, a $6,000 deduction for senior citizens, and a partially refundable adoption tax credit of up to $5,000.
“Average tax refunds are topping $3,500—that’s up 11% from last year.
“This law is about helping working families get ahead and making life easier and more affordable for them, and that’s why I was proud to vote for it.”
The WFTCA includes the following tax benefits for Ohioans:
- No tax on tips: More than 6 million taxpayers have benefited, providing relief for service workers who depend on gratuity.
- No tax on overtime: More than 25 million taxpayers have claimed the provision, giving essential workers—factory workers, linemen, police officers, nurses, and more—a new break on their hard-earned extra hours.
- A permanent 20% tax deduction for small businesses: Delivering $4,600 in average relief to 8 million entrepreneurs.
- Enhanced deductions for seniors: More than 30 million seniors have claimed the provision.
- An increased child tax credit of $2,200: More than 34 million families have claimed the provision.
- A partially refundable adoption tax credit of up to $5,000.
- Prevented a tax hike that would have cost the average family of four earning $80,000 about $1,700 MORE in federal taxes.