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Do you tip in cash?
Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:26 am
Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:26 am
I always give cash tips, even if I pay the bill with a card.
Anybody else do this?
How much revenue is taxing tips really going to set back the Treasury? I would much rather save that money by turning people back at the border and by not sending more money to Ukraine.
Anybody else do this?
How much revenue is taxing tips really going to set back the Treasury? I would much rather save that money by turning people back at the border and by not sending more money to Ukraine.
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Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:30 am to Jax-Tiger
I spent several years in the service industry in various seasons of my life, and I always claimed my cash tips, because I wanted to be able to show my true income on credit applications and whatnot. However, I do like to tip in cash when I have it on me, to at least give the wait staff the option.
I am of firm belief that a gratuity should not be considered a taxable income. How we regulate that is a whole different can of worms, I guess.
I am of firm belief that a gratuity should not be considered a taxable income. How we regulate that is a whole different can of worms, I guess.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:34 am to Jax-Tiger
Usually.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:36 am to Jax-Tiger
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Do you tip in cash?
Yes. The servers generally prefer it.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:43 am to Godfather1
when you tip with a card, does your waiter get all of it or is card tips split evenly among all waiters at the end of the night? does the restaurant take out 5%.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:52 am to texas tortilla
I very seldom have cash on me. I put the tip on my cc.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:53 am to Jax-Tiger
Yes
Posted on 8/12/24 at 6:58 am to Jax-Tiger
Yes
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:04 am to Jax-Tiger
Yes. Also IMO wait staff should get minimum wage, regardless of the increase in cost of fare to the customer and gratuity should be a “gift”( and not taxed) for good service for which I would gift without question for exceptional service
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:06 am to Jax-Tiger
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I would much rather save that money by turning people back at the border and by not sending more money to Ukraine.
Why not both? Defending our southern border (maybe the northern one too in due time) costs a lot less than what we've been sending to Ukraine. We could switch to defending our own nation's sovereignty, cut Ukraine "military" aid from the budget, AND give tip workers (as well as the rest of us American workers) a break on their taxes.
eta: Yes, I always tip in cash, not matter the bill.
This post was edited on 8/12/24 at 7:08 am
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:12 am to Jax-Tiger
Who carries cash anymore?
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:15 am to Jax-Tiger
When I can.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:16 am to Tuscaloosa
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I am of firm belief that a gratuity should not be considered a taxable income
Nor OT
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:17 am to Jax-Tiger
Most of the time.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:23 am to Tuscaloosa
quote:
I spent several years in the service industry in various seasons of my life, and I always claimed my cash tips, because I wanted to be able to show my true income on credit applications and whatnot.
Same here except that I never claimed shite, not a penny. This was back in the late 80s/early 90s so there was no way it could be tracked. It was also such a small amount (in the grand scheme of what the IRS dealt with) that I figured I was like a needle in a field full of haystacks.
Today, I try to carry some cash on me, especially if I know I am going out to eat or may be ordering Doordash/UberEats (they get a big kick when I hand them a tip and say "so you don't have to be taxed on it").
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:23 am to Jax-Tiger
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I would much rather save that money by turning people back at the border and by not sending more money to Ukraine.
Well, that's a false dichotomy. You just made that choice up out of thin air. There's no reason one couldn't do all of those things.
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I always give cash tips, even if I pay the bill with a card.
In the vast majority of the scenarios the tips are pooled and split among service employees. And employers have to report that income so that they pay the correct amount of payroll tax (to pay for that SS that no one wants to do away with). So it doesn't matter if you pay with cash. Unless the employee is not turning in the cash to management—which is shafting his or her fellow employees as well as breaking tax law and potentially endangering his or her employer—it still leaves a paper trail.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:40 am to Diamondawg
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Who carries cash anymore?
I can honestly say that the cash I carry around with me has never been stolen or hacked while in my pocket. No pin number is required when I get ready to spend it.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:47 am to wackatimesthree
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In the vast majority of the scenarios the tips are pooled and split among service employees. And employers have to report that income so that they pay the correct amount of payroll tax (to pay for that SS that no one wants to do away with). So it doesn't matter if you pay with cash. Unless the employee is not turning in the cash to management—which is shafting his or her fellow employees as well as breaking tax law and potentially endangering his or her employer—it still leaves a paper trail.
Pretty much every word of this is completely false.
The vast majority of service industry employees are not pooling tips. That is common at counter service type places with a “tip jar” but uncommon at most restaurants and bars.
Cash tips paid directly to the wait staff are “required” to be reported by the employee, but rarely are, and I have never met a single service industry manager who gives a shite - because they all started the game as servers too, and it impacts them nil.
This post was edited on 8/12/24 at 7:53 am
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:48 am to Jax-Tiger
Almost always
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:54 am to Jax-Tiger
Always cash
Frick the gubment
Frick the gubment
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