Will you tip less when tips are not taxed?

[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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

What does this mean in this context? So R’s voted FOR no taxes and you’re going to vote R. Huh? So you’re going to keep tipping the same amount to spite the Dens? What?? Have at it!

[Anonymous]

It's income. Why in the bloody hell should goddamn tips be exempt from tax? Makes absolutely zero sense. I sure as sh!t will significantly reduce my tips. Why should I pay tax while others earning income pay $0?

F that. You live in a society and want benefits. Everyone pays. No freeloaders.

[Anonymous]

Tip less.

I'm not sure many people reported their tips honestly before too.

It's messed up we get a 1099-K for selling a few things on ebay and have to pay taxes on the stuff we already paid taxes for. It's income yet tips aren't income?! bs.

[Anonymous]

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

Another person checking in who never tips. I'm European though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tip less.

I'm not sure many people reported their tips honestly before too.

It's messed up we get a 1099-K for selling a few things on ebay and have to pay taxes on the stuff we already paid taxes for. It's income yet tips aren't income?! bs.

+1000