Will you tip less when tips are not taxed?

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Or it is just big bump up for them?


Everyone is excited about the no taxes on tips.

Even IF people were mean and tipped less, they still come out WAY AHEAD.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It’s only cash tips. I never carry cash and only ever tip on card. So… no not changing anything


"You serious Clark?"

Kinda weak troll attempt. Everyone knows CC/etc. are "cashed out" at end of shifts.
Anonymous
I will definitely reduce my tipping. When I tip, I tip between 20-25% and I include it on my card, not cash. I pay taxes on all my income. What makes tip workers special. I swear, W-2 workers are the only workers paying income taxes these days.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It’s only cash tips. I never carry cash and only ever tip on card. So… no not changing anything

It's not limited to cash tips. That makes no sense. Most people who receive cash don't include the income in their taxes anyway.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I work in tax policy. This is one of the stupidest moments in tax policy history.

At any rate, I won't change my tipping because of it, and I imagine very few will. Tipping culture is ingrained in culture in a way that won't really allow people to tip less.


+1 Such a stupid proposal
But, I will continue to tip as I normally do -- 20 to 25% at a sit down restaurant, 0% at a fast casual / fast food restaurant.


Tell us why... since the paper work involved in tracking tip income is usually not worth the amount the government receives.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I will definitely reduce my tipping. When I tip, I tip between 20-25% and I include it on my card, not cash. I pay taxes on all my income. What makes tip workers special. I swear, W-2 workers are the only workers paying income taxes these days.


So guessing if you got caught doing something wrong as a kid, you would tattle and rat out the other kids who didn't get caught?
Anonymous
No. I’ve never tipped thinking about the tax status of the people receiving the tips, so that won’t change how much I tip.
What does change my behavior is service charges, since I’m not inclined to tip twice for the same service. I also tip less than I might otherwise have tipped when there are mandatory gratuities automatically charged.
Anonymous
I’ll probably keep tipping the same, but waitresses tips are definitely going to go down. People have been waiting for a reason for it to be socially acceptable to stop tipping and they just found a reason.
Anonymous
Slightly off topic but related.... A cousin of mine owns a restaurant in CA and she mentioned a few times how the more attractive a waitress is, the better the their tips and the more food they serve for the restaurant.
If you want to talk about inequality, that's much more significant than some people paying less taxes than others.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Democrats all voted against no tax on tips, I’m so over them I’m voting Republican next time.


+1000 enough's enough.
Anonymous
I think it's a good idea to tip less now.
Anonymous
I tip less if there is a service fee.
Anonymous
It’s stupid pandering. Anyway, tips will still be subject to payroll taxes and most people making tipped wages aren’t paying much income tax anyway.

But yeah, I will probably tip less because everything is so much more expensive now I gotta cut back somewhere.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I work in tax policy. This is one of the stupidest moments in tax policy history.

At any rate, I won't change my tipping because of it, and I imagine very few will. Tipping culture is ingrained in culture in a way that won't really allow people to tip less.


+1 Such a stupid proposal
But, I will continue to tip as I normally do -- 20 to 25% at a sit down restaurant, 0% at a fast casual / fast food restaurant.


Tell us why... since the paper work involved in tracking tip income is usually not worth the amount the government receives.


Because tips are clearly the major bulk of the waitstaff income. We are basically saying that waitstaff should not pay income tax. Why them and not other types of lower income workers?

I agree with the earlier PP who called this "chaotic populist nonsense for MAGA morons."
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Or it is just big bump up for them?


I also never tip.
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