• Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This comment shows a complete lack of knowledge as to how tipping works in 2024.

    It’s not 1985 anymore. Unless you work in the sketchiest of shit-hole dive bars in an incredibly small town, people aren’t dodging taxes on their tips and using food stamps/medicaid.

    Im always reminded of how little people know about industries outside of their own until someone starts talking about something im familiar with.

    It’s quite funny how wrong people can be.

    • curiousaur@reddthat.com
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      3 months ago

      The industry absolutely dodges taxes on tips. It’s well known that you need to report 8% of your sales to avoid an audit, so that’s what you report. As a server I’d make 15 - 18%. So I’m paying taxes on only half my tips, which make up the majority of my income.