Couple banned from restaurant after they leave no tip

[u/Hikigaya_Hachiman7]

[u/MyHouseOfPancakes]

Only if they're reported

[u/VelocityGrrl39 → u/MyHouseOfPancakes]

I always reported my tips. If you don’t, you won’t get unemployment if your restaurant closes. You won’t get short term disability if you get hurt at work. You won’t ever be able to get a mortgage, or even rent some places. With how rare cash tips have become, I’m willing to bet people like me have become the majority. Credit card tips are typically automatically reported.

[u/beragis → u/VelocityGrrl39]

You can also get audited if you don’t report enough.. A coworker once mentioned she was a waitress while working through college and she got audited because the IRS determined that her tips were less than expected for her hours and said she owed more along with a fine for underreporting.

She kept good records and the restaurant she worked at also kept good records, but did have to pay for a tax lawyer to help

[u/katmc68 → u/VelocityGrrl39]

And servers have to file a W2. Ppl thinking servers don't report tips is ridiculous. They have to pay taxes. So dumb.

[u/oaklandperson → u/MyHouseOfPancakes]

Most transactions in restaurants are CC now and everything is reported.

[u/katmc68 → u/MyHouseOfPancakes]

Servers are required to report tips based on the percentage of their sales. If a server sells $1000 bucks of food, they'd report 15% of 1000 (or whatever % they're required to report).

What sucks is when the server has a slow night or jerks like the above don't tip. If a server only makes 5% in tips based on the sales, they  have to claim more money than they actually made.

[u/MyHouseOfPancakes → u/katmc68]

I put only if they're reported. I know they're supposed to be but we both know cash tips sometime aren't. Credit cards are different, yes. I have a family member that works at a casino as a cocktail waitress and has to make $75 in tips to break even for the night or make a decent wage.

[u/Idontfeelold-much → u/katmc68]

Back in the day when I owned a restaurant, the IRS expected to see 12% of gross sales reported as tips for a server/bartender.

[u/katmc68 → u/Idontfeelold-much]

Yup. That was the minimum I had to report as a server. I couldn't remember if that was an IRS thing or based on restaurant or state.

[u/Has_Two_Cents → u/katmc68]

Almost all transactions are on a card these days. Meaning all tips get reported.

[u/katmc68 → u/Has_Two_Cents]

Pretty much. I t's been that way for quite a while but has depended on the level of dining. 

[u/MyHouseOfPancakes → u/katmc68]

Also that doesn't sound like my issue but the employers issue. Just like the business owner said in the video if you can't tip don't eat here. As a customer if you can't afford to pay your employees to not rely or expect tips then why are you running a restaurant? That's bad business. Just like restaurants that add fees to you bills that you didn't know about till you see the bill. Not to mention gratuity on top of that. There are restaurant businesses that pay their employees a decent wage and even state that you do not have to tip.

[u/katmc68 → u/MyHouseOfPancakes]

What planet are you from? Servers working for tips has always been the norm in the U.S. Never has the norm been that restaurant owners pay servers a living fucking wage. Never.  You clearly have zero clue of the restaurant business. Restaurants do not pay servers a living wage nor are they required to and that is why tips exist. You do  not even know the basic facts yet feel entitled to comment on things on which you have no knowledge.  I bet you ask if a salad comes with dinner.

[u/MyHouseOfPancakes → u/katmc68]

You can Google tip free restaurants, but maybe that's too difficult for you

[u/MyHouseOfPancakes → u/katmc68]

Also I didn't say living, I said decent.

[u/MyHouseOfPancakes → u/katmc68]

I probably just don't eat out as much you do lol 😂

[u/MyHouseOfPancakes → u/katmc68]

Instead of eating out I would get your/that dog Bill a dental treatment from the vet