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OBBBA State Conformity Tracker

↻ Updated July 22, 2026

Congress made tips, overtime, the senior deduction and car loan interest deductible on your federal return. Your state is a separate question, and for most workers the answer is that nothing changed. This table tracks all four deductions across all 50 states and the District of Columbia — what each state does, and why.

The one fact that decides it

All four deductions are below the line. They come off federal taxable income — Schedule 1-A totals onto Form 1040 line 13b — and they never reduce federal adjusted gross income. Most states start their own calculation from federal AGI. A deduction that never touched AGI cannot reach those states, so they keep taxing tips and overtime exactly as before, without having voted on anything.

The states that do conform are the ones starting from federal taxableincome with rolling conformity to the Internal Revenue Code. The “Starts from” column is therefore the column that explains every other column.

Conforms
7
states — tips deduction
Does not conform
33
states — tips deduction
No income tax
9
states — tips deduction
Pending — verify
2
states — tips deduction

Conformity by state and deduction

51 of 51
State conformity to the four OBBBA federal deductions, by state and deduction
Alabama3Own definitionSelectiveNoNoNoConforms
Alaska2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax
Arizona4Federal AGIStatic 2025-01-01PendingPendingPendingPending
Arkansas2Own definitionSelectiveNoNoNoNo
California3Federal AGIStatic 2015-01-01NoNoNoNo
Colorado3Federal taxable incomeRollingConformsNoConformsConforms
Connecticut2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Delaware2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
District of Columbia2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Florida2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax
Georgia4Federal AGIStatic 2025-01-01NoNoNoNo
Hawaii2Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Idaho3Federal taxable incomeStatic 2026-01-01ConformsConformsConformsConforms
Illinois3Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Indiana2Federal AGIStatic 2026-01-01PendingPendingNoNo
Iowa4Federal taxable incomeRollingConformsConformsPendingConforms
Kansas2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Kentucky2Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Louisiana2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Maine2Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Maryland3Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Massachusetts2Own definitionStaticNoNoNoNo
Michigan2Federal AGIRollingConformsConformsNoNo
Minnesota3Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Mississippi2Own definitionSelectiveNoNoNoNo
Missouri2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Montana2Federal taxable incomeRollingConformsConformsPendingConforms
Nebraska2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Nevada2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax
New Hampshire2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax
New Jersey3Own definitionSelectiveNoNoNoNo
New Mexico2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
New York3Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
North Carolina3Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
North Dakota2Federal taxable incomeRollingConformsConformsConformsConforms
Ohio2Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Oklahoma2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Oregon2Federal taxable incomeRollingConformsConformsPendingPending
Pennsylvania2Own definitionSelectiveNoNoNoNo
Rhode Island2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
South Carolina3Federal taxable incomeStatic 2024-12-31NoNoNoNo
South Dakota2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax
Tennessee2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax
Texas2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax
Utah2Federal AGIRollingNoNoNoNo
Vermont3Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Virginia3Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Washington2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax
West Virginia2Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Wisconsin3Federal AGIStaticNoNoNoNo
Wyoming2No taxNo taxNo taxNo tax

Hover any status for the reasoning behind it. Sort by a deduction column to group states by treatment; “pending” always sorts last so the gaps stay visible. The count beside each state name is its number of citations, linking to them below — where at least one is the state's own words, where the row rests on third-party surveys alone.

How we determine each status

Each cell is derived from two structural facts about the state — where its income tax calculation begins, and how it ties itself to the Internal Revenue Code — rather than asserted from secondary coverage. A derivation can be checked against the statute; an assertion can only be trusted or not.

  • No income tax — the state takes nothing from wages, so there is no state deduction to conform and no state tax for one to remove.
  • Does not conform — the state starts from federal AGI, which these deductions never touch; or it starts from federal taxable income but is frozen to an IRC date before OBBBA was enacted on 4 July 2025.
  • Conforms — the state starts from federal taxable income and follows the IRC on a rolling basis, so Schedule 1-A is already subtracted from its starting figure.
  • Pending — verify— we could not confirm the state's treatment from a primary source. This is a gap in our research, not a prediction, and these states are excluded from our per-state pages until it closes.

Where a legislature has acted specifically — enacting a state-level tips or overtime exemption, or advancing a conformity date — that overrides the derivation and is noted on the state's row. Last reviewed end to end on July 22, 2026.

References by state

Every status above is traceable to the citations below. Each one is labelled with what it actually backs, and marked primary where it is the state speaking for itself — a revenue department page, bulletin, statute or bill history — or secondary where it is a third party reporting on the state. 19 of 51 jurisdictions currently rest on at least one primary source; the rest are carried by the Tax Foundation and Tax Policy Center conformity surveys, and we would rather say so than imply a depth of sourcing we have not done. Each block also links the state's own tax agency, which is where to check what has changed since July 22, 2026.

Alabama

Own definition · Selective

Legislation
Car loan interest: Act 2025-400

Alaska

No individual income tax on wages

Arizona

Federal AGI · Static 2025-01-01

Legislation
All four: Executive Order 2025-15; HB 2785 vetoed February 2026

Arkansas

Own definition · Selective

California

Federal AGI · Static 2015-01-01

Colorado

Federal taxable income · Rolling

Legislation
No tax on overtime: HB25-1296 (addback from TY2026); HB25B-1020 postponed indefinitely

Connecticut

Federal AGI · Rolling

Delaware

Federal AGI · Rolling

District of Columbia

Federal AGI · Rolling

Florida

No individual income tax on wages

Georgia

Federal AGI · Static 2025-01-01

Legislation
No tax on tips: HB 463 — $1,750 state exemption, TY2026–2028

Hawaii

Federal AGI · Static

Idaho

Federal taxable income · Static 2026-01-01

Illinois

Federal AGI · Rolling

Indiana

Federal AGI · Static 2026-01-01

Iowa

Federal taxable income · Rolling

Kansas

Federal AGI · Rolling

Kentucky

Federal AGI · Static

Louisiana

Federal AGI · Rolling

Maine

Federal AGI · Static

Maryland

Federal AGI · Rolling

Massachusetts

Own definition · Static

Michigan

Federal AGI · Rolling

Legislation
No tax on tips: HB 4961 / 2025 PA 24 — TY2026–2028

Minnesota

Federal AGI · Static

Mississippi

Own definition · Selective

Missouri

Federal AGI · Rolling

Montana

Federal taxable income · Rolling

Nebraska

Federal AGI · Rolling

Nevada

No individual income tax on wages

New Hampshire

No individual income tax on wages

New Jersey

Own definition · Selective

Legislation
All four: S3741 (2024) — introduced, not enacted

New Mexico

Federal AGI · Rolling

New York

Federal AGI · Rolling

North Carolina

Federal AGI · Static

Legislation
No tax on tips: H11 — introduced, not enacted

North Dakota

Federal taxable income · Rolling

Ohio

Federal AGI · Static

Oklahoma

Federal AGI · Rolling

Oregon

Federal taxable income · Rolling

Pennsylvania

Own definition · Selective

Rhode Island

Federal AGI · Rolling

South Carolina

Federal taxable income · Static 2024-12-31

Legislation
All four: H.3368 failed Senate 31 Mar 2026; H.5167 died in committee

South Dakota

No individual income tax on wages

Tennessee

No individual income tax on wages

Texas

No individual income tax on wages

Utah

Federal AGI · Rolling

Vermont

Federal AGI · Static

Virginia

Federal AGI · Static

Washington

No individual income tax on wages

West Virginia

Federal AGI · Static

Wisconsin

Federal AGI · Static

Legislation
No tax on tips: SB 36 — vetoed 3 April 2026
No tax on overtime: AB 461 — vetoed 3 April 2026

Wyoming

No individual income tax on wages

Frequently asked questions

Do states tax tips and overtime after the OBBBA deductions?

Most of them do. All four OBBBA deductions are below-the-line: they reduce federal taxable income and leave federal adjusted gross income untouched. The majority of states begin their own income tax calculation from federal AGI, so a deduction that never reduced AGI is simply invisible to them — no decoupling vote was needed and, in most states, none was held.

The practical result is that a tipped worker in a state with an income tax typically keeps the federal saving and none of the state one. The table above shows which states are the exception.

Which states automatically conform to the OBBBA deductions?

The states that begin their calculation from federal taxable income rather than federal AGI, and that tie themselves to the Internal Revenue Code on a rolling basis. For those, the deduction flows through with no state legislation at all, because their starting figure already has Schedule 1-A subtracted from it.

A state starting from federal taxable income but frozen to an IRC date before 4 July 2025 does not conform, despite the starting point — its statute points at a version of the code that predates OBBBA. Both fields are shown in the table so you can see which rule produced each answer.

What does "pending — verify" mean in this table?

That we could not confirm the state's treatment from a primary source — a revenue department bulletin, a statute, or enacted legislation — and have declined to guess. It is not a prediction that the state will conform; it is an admission that we do not yet know.

We would rather show a gap than fill it with something plausible. If you need certainty for one of these states, the state revenue department is the authority, and we would be glad to hear what they tell you.

Do the OBBBA deductions reduce Social Security and Medicare tax?

No — in any state. Qualified tips and qualified overtime stay in boxes 1, 3 and 5 of your W-2; the box 12 codes TP and TT are informational only. Payroll tax is computed on the same wages as before, so 7.65% of every tipped and overtime dollar is untouched by all four provisions.

That matters most for the workers this package targets. For a lower-paid tipped worker, FICA is often the larger of the two federal taxes on those dollars, and it is the one that does not move.

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