Running a restaurant is challenging. Typical profit margins range from only 3% to 5%, making restaurants highly sensitive to tax policies. They rely on a pro-growth tax code to encourage hiring, innovation, and investments in their communities.
What Restaurants Need:
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC): WOTC helps restaurants hire, train, and support workers who face employment challenges. WOTC should be extended and made permanent to support workforce growth.
Additional Supportive Tax Policies:
Charitable Food Donations Tax Deduction: Restaurants implement the tax deduction to offset the significant costs of donating food—like preparation, packaging, and delivery—that otherwise make discarding surplus food more financially viable than donating it. Without this credit, current tax rules discourage donations and increase food waste, undermining support for local hunger relief efforts.
Want to learn more about the sweeping tax reforms passed in July 2025 that made pro-business policies permanent? Click here to see how these changes benefit restaurants and their workforce.