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The only thing I want to point out is that many restaurant servers don't pay taxes on their tip earnings, which make up the bulk of wages. How much of the sati
by edmundsauto 5y ago
The only thing I want to point out is that many restaurant servers don't pay taxes on their tip earnings, which make up the bulk of wages. How much of the satisfaction derived from your pay rate is due to receiving tax free wages illegally?
Note: I'm not sure how I feel about the morality of this, just the legality. Most restaurant workers I know, from before 2015, were happy only because of the extra space given by limited taxation on their wages, aka tax fraud. (I have heard the IRS has since cracked down but cannot confirm)
- dannyphantom 5y ago> many servers don't pay taxes on their tip earnings This was certainly not the case as recent as 2015-2017 when I was working in restaurants. Most of my coworkers would complain around tax time that we would owe as much as $2000+. Working both in a corporate restaurant and smaller family operated one at the same time, the staff was made to essentially over report your nightly earnings as we had to pay out 20% to the bartenders, kitchen staff.
- edmundsauto 5y agoRight, that aligns with the anecdotes I heard about tipping and taxes. I inferred from OPs post they were working in the Wild West of tips not being consistently or accurately taxed.