[William Terrell]

Tips wouldn't be tax free. I imagine the IRS has calculated the general amount of tips, like in the case of waitresses, and assumed a gross income at that level.

[NYCVirago]

Tips wouldn't be tax free. I imagine the IRS has calculated the general amount of tips, like in the case of waitresses, and assumed a gross income at that level.

I don't think it's a given that these will be deducted, the way waitresses get taxes deducted on the amount of their tips, because tipping the maid is not an expected thing, the way tipping a waitress is. At any rate, the amount of tips this maid was getting certainly wasn't mentioned in this whinefest about how much she's struggling.