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Posted on 09/08/2006 12:38:51 PM PDT by freepatriot32
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (Sept. 7) - A bartender who last week was left a $10,000 tip by a regular customer now has more than the excitement of the offer: she has the cash.
Cindy Kienow received a check Tuesday from Applebee's franchise owner JS Ventures Inc. for about $6,300, her share of the tip after taxes.
The customer gave Kienow the hefty tip Aug. 27 on a $26 meal. But since he paid by credit card, the restaurant wanted to make sure it was a valid charge before giving Kienow the money.
"I've had a lot of fun," Kienow said of the last week, which has included interviews with media from across the globe. "A lot of customers are like, 'I can't afford to sit at the bar anymore.' It's been really crazy."
Restaurant officials have declined to identify the tipper.
"I hate to say it, but I really don't know him," Kienow said. "You become friends with your customers ... I think he just appreciated the fact that I took the time to talk with him."
Kienow, 35, said now that the media frenzy has died down, she is content to keep serving customers at the restaurant, where she has worked for the last eight years.
"That's the pure joy of my job, that I just get to talk with people," she said.
As for what she'll do with the money, Kienow has said she got the impression her customer wanted her to buy something special, adding that "there's a Jeep that I've had my eye on for a while."
9/7/2006 20:38:23
She'd be able to keep all of that $10,000 under the FairTax. This is just another illustration of why we need HR/SR25 to be passed and the 16th amendment abolished.
They probably annualized the amount for tax purposes...stupid payroll companies. I had a bonus check once that was withheld at a higher bracket because it was higher than my normal check. Annualized, it was as if I was making $half a mill.
And I say again, sometimes the government really REALLY pisses me off.
Not to mention it was already taxed when it was income to Mr. Big Tipper. The feds dipped into that same 10k twice. And when the bartender buys her new jeep she can pay tax yet again. What a ponzi scheme.
Did she switch party registration yet?
little reported factoid - they steal from the poor military also --- but you will never hear about it. A full 20-25% right off the top of any re-enlistment bonus.
And then the damned congress taxes "moving" as taxable income since the military usually does the moving.
I hate government...
$10,000 tip - taxed.
$10,000 gift - No tax.
$10,000 gift, she goes home with him. - Crime!
Remember that in the middle ages people gave the King about 15% of what they produced or earned and they were called Serfs. We now give the Goverment [local, state,and federal] between 35% and 45%of what we earn, what does that make us? I would rather be a serf than a slave!
Hmm... she might still qualify for Earned Income Tax Credit. Get some of that back.
Fixed it.
Although the RNC hasn't been much better of yet.
New IRS 1040-2007
1. How much did you make last year (wages, tips, interest, dividends).
2. Send it in.
Shalom.
At the rate things are headed, she'll probably have to pay the AMT.
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"And the government takes 37% off the top.
Sometimes the government really REALLY pisses me off."
The lower 50% of workers pay only 2% of Federal Income Taxes. If she is in this bracket, depending on her circumstances, she'll probably get most, if not all, of the $3,700.00 back.
Well, at least the 37% went for the common good.< /sarcasm >
I wouldn't have told anybody.
and beats the heck out of...
"hey...plant your corn early!"
If we make congress pass THE FAIR TAX HR/SR 25 then all she'd have to worry about is the 23% tax she'd pay when she buys the jeep! check out fairtax.org
Everyone on this forum should be supporting this, well everyone who disagrees with the Fed Govt. stealing a percentage of income before the earner even gets the first penny.
she'll probably get most, if not all, of the $3,700.00 back
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better not to loose it in the begininning...
People pay all sorts of taxes and they don't realize it. Look at a car rental, hotel, airline receipt.
Huh? So you're implying that it is okay for the government to steal from others who are not honest, working, waitresses not waiting tables on a highway?
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