I think the point of the article was that they used to get hundreds of dollars in CASH. they then had some fees they had to pay to the club, etc.. and they wer

I think the point of the article was that they used to get hundreds of dollars in CASH. they then had some fees they had to pay to the club, etc.. and they were contractors, so they got a 1099 for the transactions the club had on its record. Now that they need to pay a wage, ALL cash comes to the club, and then they get a percentage of it back as commissions. This means ALL of the cash is now accounted for, making their tax liability much, much higher, because its actually getting reported .