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Old 03-30-2013, 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by meatthevillages View Post
Dont forget the the government taxes you on 18% . So if you got 15% minus 3-5% for bus, bar, thats 10%, now, you got 15% tip, you stil pay 8% more on money you didnt get, because the government assumes you got 18%.

When did this happen? Could you provide some link so I could research that? Wasn't that way when my wife was a server for many years.

Also - Do all restaurants have to report exact sales figures per server? Is it completely automated even at mom and pop operations? Seems like that would be a daunting task considering how many servers end up running for other tables etc.

Note: I know that waiters are SUPPOSED to report full figures to the IRS but you seem to be indicating the restaurant produces exact sales figures for each server and I don't think that fully happens.