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Input From Restaurants Needed: Business Conditions Survey

10/27/2025

What are the opportunities and challenges that will shape the restaurant industry in 2026? Please take a few minutes to provide your input as part of the National Restaurant Association's annual Restaurant Business Conditions Survey.

Your participation is critical! This vital information will be used to show policy makers how current business conditions are impacting the restaurant industry.

Take the Survey

Making the Most of the New Tax Laws

10/22/2025

The National Restaurant Association is offering information for restaurant operators to help them take advantage of the new tax laws instituted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Check out their dedicated OBBB Webpage. Guidance includes:

Tax Reform Overview – Industry-specific insights on how these changes impact operations
No Tax on Tips Overview – A handout for operators and employees with the latest info and guidance on how to prepare to file for the deduction in April 2026
No Tax on Overtime Overview – Similar guidance for the overtime deduction, also designed for easy employee sharing
Tax Reform Operator Checklist – A quick-start guide to help operators begin conversations with their tax professionals

Watch National Restaurant Association Webinars

Pro-Growth Tax Priorities
No Tax on Tips and No Tax on Overtime
A third webinar is planned for November to cover additional tax reform priorities

Questions? Email or call the AskWRA Team at 608.270.9950!

New State Poster Required to Be Displayed by Employers October 15, 2025 - January 12, 2026

10/15/2025

Due to a recent federal court order, all employers covered by Wisconsin's Unemployment Insurance (UI) law are now required to display a state government notice: Notice to Employees About Updates to Unemployment Eligibility for SSDI Recipients.

This SSDI Notice Poster is required to be displayed Oct. 14, 2025 until Jan. 12, 2026 in each workplace in a suitable location where all employees will easily see it (on bulletin boards, near time clocks, work website, etc.).

If you do not have a permanent location regularly accessed by employees, you should share this notice directly with each employee.

Posters are available in English and Spanish.

Questions? Email or call the AskWRA Team at 608.270.9950.

Download Posters / More Info

Webinar Recording Available: What Operators Need to Know About New IRS Rules on Tips & Overtime

10/15/2025

How the IRS is going to implement the tax deductions is quickly unfolding. There are now guidelines for which employees are eligible, a better understanding of how tip reporting could be impacted, and if the IRS is going to change withholding tables in 2026.

The National Restaurant Association held a one-hour webinar on October 15, where they unpacked the new IRS rules on No Tax on Tips and No Tax on Overtime.

The recording of this webinar is available for Free.

Get the webinar recording

News & Alerts

Input From Restaurants Needed: Business Conditions Survey

Making the Most of the New Tax Laws

New State Poster Required to Be Displayed by Employers October 15, 2025 - January 12, 2026

Webinar Recording Available: What Operators Need to Know About New IRS Rules on Tips & Overtime

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