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From: Ed P <esp@snet.n>
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Subject: Re: Last night was "surf and coop."
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:49:30 -0500
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On 3/8/2025 9:27 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 3/8/2025 8:38 PM, Ed P wrote:
>> Most tips are on credit card.  Cash tips are reported every night for 
>> tax purposes.
> 
> Doesn't matter how you tip.  Cash or credit card, tips are reported by 
> restaurants based on server sales entered into the cash register/order 
> management system.  You can meet someone out in the parking lot and hand 
> them $20 as a tip but it doesn't matter.  Even if no one else tipped 
> them that night what gets reported to the IRS is calculated based on 
> sales.  They assume 15% and deduct it from the paycheck accordingly.
> 
> Jill

Maybe.  But in their case, 5% of sales is taken from their tips for the 
food runners so you cannot assume 15% in that situation.  They would be 
taxed twice.