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Originally Posted by RWebb
the IRS also taxes wait staff on an income assumed basis -- if they want to pay lower taxes, they have to get forms filled out by the owner of the eatery on sales results & etc. and prove to the IRS that the employees made less than the assumed amount
- as you can guess from the IRS treatment, wait staff do not have good lobbyists in DC
cash tips are often not reported as income to to the IRS, just like the contractor you pay in cash
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+1. I worked far too long as a bartender in my past life. I approve of the automatic gratuity on parties of 6 or more but it should be made known prior to getting seated. Prior to this policy I have seen large parties 10+ occupy waiters, bussers, bar for an evening and the host opting to skip the tip claiming their distant European heritage and that tipping "just was not done". Totally sucked and happened more than you think.
Those of you who feel the need to skip the tip remember that servers are taxed on a portion of their total nightly sales assumed they get as tip. If you can't afford the tip then stay home.