Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bruce Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Last night was "surf and coop." Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:53:51 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 03:54:14 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5ba78f42364f8624a89ae735849231f5"; logging-data="466340"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/KC7KT5zhdGZ7GZfrPrrLE" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:AWMjXDp8P2UCcgbBn1XJ3NdT9bo= Bytes: 2558 On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:38:53 -0500, Ed P wrote: >On 3/8/2025 7:45 PM, Bruce wrote: >> On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:08:42 -0500, Dave Smith >> wrote: >> >>> I don't know exactly how the IRS does it but up here is the CRA and my >>> understanding is that they have some sort of formula to estimate the tip >>> income that would be expected for a server. My son was waiter in bar >>> for a while and later managed bars. At one time one of his cousins >>> worked for him and the guy was making a lot in tips and apparently not >>> declaring them all. He got audited and ended up owing thousands of >>> dollars in income tax. This nephew had worked part time as a waiter >>> while studying restaurant and hotel management at university. After >>> graduation he kept waiting tables for years because he was making so >>> much more than he could have as a manager. >> >> He must have provided additional services besides waiting tables. > >Why do you say that? My granddaughter turned down manager for the same >reason. So? -- Bruce