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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you tip on pre or post tax? [/quote]

Post. Not tipping on tax is cheap.[/quote]

[b]No, it's not. All tipping guides say use the pre-tax amount. [/quote][/b]

The "guides" may say it's acceptable .... it's still absurdly cheap.  Really, if you can't afford to tip decently on the bill for great service, don't go out.  [/quote]

DP, now that is just not acceptable.  If everyone decided that they did not want to tip the way you think is appropriate, who would fill the restaurants.  Then how much would the servers receive, the mandatory minimum wage.  Put them out of business is your motto.  [/quote]

Not sure I understand what PP is saying, but "Not tipping on tax is cheap" poster is ridiculous.

15% of the amount of your food and beverage is, or at least was, supposed to be the baseline. Society agreed on this. That's what "tipping guidelines" are for.

20% is common, and that's what I typically use. The math is easier, and on all but the biggest bills, it's not that much of a difference.

I do use the post-tax amount in most cases, but not because I think you should tip on the tax. I do it because I can use the 20% math to go a bit above 20% of the actual food & beverage bill.

So if you're tipping 20% and using the post-tax amount, that's a good tip, and the waitress should be happy.

But it makes no sense to say that you are tipping on the tax, or that not tipping on the tax is cheap. Why would you pay the waitress a percentage of what the government has decided you should be taxed on a meal? If the government says 10% restaurant tax (DC), the waitress gets an extra 2%, but if the government says 5% (Fairfax) she only gets 1%--for the exact same food, at the exact same cost, with the exact same service? 
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