Posted on 06/14/2024 8:44:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Reagan took some hits for increasing reporting on tips in his first term. I like the idea of helping waiters/waitresses/bussers and also reducing reporting hassles for employers.
Eliminating the income tax for everyone is a better platform. I have experience waiting tables and did so for a number of years. It can be hard, often thankless work. Nevertheless, I’m not sure servers should specifically be singled out, among all other occupations, for income tax exemption.
The worker in the clothing store pays taxes and when she can afford it goes out to eat on a Friday night and is expected to tip the waitress who lives tax free?
He’s no dummy is he? He’s got the rats on the run. What about no taxes on SSI income? That’s for the gummers and cottonseeds.
I like the idea of eliminating income tax and replacing it with tariffs on foreign goods. Maybe make all solely US made products tax free.
For many years I’ve been advocating for no tax on tips and also no tax on overtime. When somebody goes above and beyond its not congress and their greedy lobbiests that should be rewarded.
It’s also worth pointing out that servers generally under-report their tip income - particularly cash tips. When people charge their tips it automatically gets reported. Cash tips are reported at the discretion of a server. As a server I would have preferred to see establishments getting away from tips and moving to a gratuity based system, as they have in Canada and Europe. Being stiffed by a cheap customer who received excellent service is one of the most demoralizing things for a server.
BTW, I recently visited my brother in Miami, and see that a lot of restaurants there are switching to a gratuity based system where a certain percentage (usually about 18%) is automatically added on to pay the server. Additional tips above that can still be made, but the server is at least guaranteed to not be stiffed. This probably has to do with the large number of foreign tourists who are used to paying that way. A gratuity based system also helps mitigating the sort of bargaining that sometimes goes on between servers and customers, whereby a customer may sometimes try to pressure servers into getting something extra (an extra dessert or something like that) with the implication that if they don’t cooperate, they won’t get a good tip.
Oh, you mean that little ditty that Jao Bi Din came up with to tax peoples social security benefits because they had to continue to work to be able to live somewhat like a human.
I do believe it was BJ that taxed SSI in ‘93. You would think the gummers in Fla. would have thrown their senator, Nelson out on his ear in ‘94. Didn’t happen.
Cottonseeds and gummers, the only age groups that vote majority for Trump, whatever a cottonseed is?
Weird post.
sorry-cottonheads.
Everyone else in the restaurant pays taxes, only the waiter doesn’t.
That means they have what grey hair, or white hair?
You seem to have a thing against Trump’s base.
I don’t think I like this idea because it would probably lead to far less tipping.
I think most of their income is from tipping and not from their salary.
Correctly or not, I think most waiters and waitresses only report part of their income from tips.
I’m open to correction since I’ve never worked as a waiter.
Because they’re often paid less than minimum wage because their tips cover the shortfall. Except they lose money when they take vacation days or call out sick. Why should they be treated less than other workers who have paid vacations and sick days they can actually afford to take?
Not true. They pay taxes like everyone else on their reported income.
“ Everyone else in the restaurant pays taxes, only the waiter doesn’t.”
The wait staff pays taxes on their hourly wages just like everyone else.
But you knew that.
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Wages of wait staff can be literally almost nothing and tips their real income and the reason for the job.
“ Wages of wait staff can be literally almost nothing and tips their real income and the reason for the job.”
And?
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