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Road Side Pub
How much do you tip in these situations?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevins89notch" data-source="post: 15550776" data-attributes="member: 31255"><p>Highly false!</p><p></p><p>That's the 1990's theory that's long gone.</p><p></p><p>I'll explain.</p><p></p><p>Easy numbers here, a server does $2,000 in sales, $1,000 in cash, $1,000 on credit cards. Today, all credit card tips are auto declared. Cash tips are up to the server. So let's say credit card tips are $200 because they are awesome. The server will likely have their computer ask them their cash tips before they clock out. They can say zero, thus $200 on $2,000 in sales so 10% average. That's low enough to possibly trigger a red flag with the IRS. Ok, so they say $100 in cash tips, thus $300 on $2,000 or 15%. That's out of the red flag range...BUT, the IRS does studies and knows both cash and credit averages. 15% of sales is fine, but they can audit you, see that for a year you averaged 17.3% credit card tips, but magically attempted to say you only get 9.4% average for cash tippers. The IRS calls your bluff, and they send you a bill for something like 6% of your year cash sales, plus fines and what not.</p><p></p><p>....it's not worth it. Will you get caught? Maybe not. Plus if varies on the person's age. Some 17 year old at pizza hut doesn't give two ****s what her W2 says. Myself, I can't buy a house or cars if I tried to shave a possible 25% of my yearly income off my W2.</p><p></p><p>My last table tonight's bill alone was over a grand. All my income is reported.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Except in Italy when they toss on a "coperto" or cover charge that can be like $2 or $3. If they don't do that, they might bring you bread which you think is free with the meal, and then you find it on the bill later. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevins89notch, post: 15550776, member: 31255"] Highly false! That's the 1990's theory that's long gone. I'll explain. Easy numbers here, a server does $2,000 in sales, $1,000 in cash, $1,000 on credit cards. Today, all credit card tips are auto declared. Cash tips are up to the server. So let's say credit card tips are $200 because they are awesome. The server will likely have their computer ask them their cash tips before they clock out. They can say zero, thus $200 on $2,000 in sales so 10% average. That's low enough to possibly trigger a red flag with the IRS. Ok, so they say $100 in cash tips, thus $300 on $2,000 or 15%. That's out of the red flag range...BUT, the IRS does studies and knows both cash and credit averages. 15% of sales is fine, but they can audit you, see that for a year you averaged 17.3% credit card tips, but magically attempted to say you only get 9.4% average for cash tippers. The IRS calls your bluff, and they send you a bill for something like 6% of your year cash sales, plus fines and what not. ....it's not worth it. Will you get caught? Maybe not. Plus if varies on the person's age. Some 17 year old at pizza hut doesn't give two ****s what her W2 says. Myself, I can't buy a house or cars if I tried to shave a possible 25% of my yearly income off my W2. My last table tonight's bill alone was over a grand. All my income is reported. Except in Italy when they toss on a "coperto" or cover charge that can be like $2 or $3. If they don't do that, they might bring you bread which you think is free with the meal, and then you find it on the bill later. :) [/QUOTE]
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