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Businesses don't have to pressure employees into taking tips rather than wages. Employees almost never pay taxes on (cash) tips... it's a feature, to most serv
by bpodgursky 5y ago
Businesses don't have to pressure employees into taking tips rather than wages. Employees almost never pay taxes on (cash) tips... it's a feature, to most service employees.
It doesn't make it good, at a system level.
- vkou 5y agoOutside of restaurants mostly serving the unbanked, hardly anyone pays or tips with cash in 2022.
- bpodgursky 5y agoA lot of bars and bar-adjacent restaurants outside of SF and NYC rely heavily on cash.
- sokoloff 5y agoEven when I pay the check with a credit card, I will frequently tip in cash at a sit-down restaurant or bar (which I’m not going to at the moment as they aren’t much fun currently, but hope they’ll return in force this year).
- walshemj 5y agoCash is better the employer can abuse tips given via cards - and screw the employees
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoPeople who would would rather let the person receiving the tip decide if the government deserves a cut tip cash. And as others have said, using the employer's card processing flow gives the employer opportunities to do less than great things.