Have you ever found yourself pondering over your bill once you reach the gratuity line on your receipt at the end of a meal out? How much to tip can be confusing for the customers and stressful on the wait staff. The customers ponder over what the appropriate amount to leave the server is and…
Not so many years ago it seemed that we worried about tipping… things like when to tip, who to tip, and how much is a reasonable amount. For instance, should we add a gratuity when we pick up a gift card from the hostess at a restaurant, or do we tip the waiter who brings…
Servers in restaurants are required to report all their tips to the IRS. And operators are obligated to report no less than 8% of each server’s sales as income for every pay period. So it’s been for eons, unchanged even since I waited tables way back in the day. That is, until June 2012 rolled…