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To: Lane3 who wrote (10671)2/2/2006 5:11:35 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 544095
 
I'm glad it's a lower number, but I also think that people need to leave at least 15%, whatever the tax rate, since the wage for waitressing is very low because of the tipping. People need to factor the tip in before they go out to eat, and if they can't pay it, or don't want to, they shouldn't go. IMO

It seemed to me that the IRS would expect at least 8% of sales to be reported by a waitress or waiter. Based on that link I would think the IRS can easily cross check employees reporting with their restaurant. Whether they do that or not I don't know. So I'm not sure the sigh of relief is really warranted. I read articles looking for the tax rate which quoted waiters and waitresses who thought they were taxed on 15%. Don't know where that is coming from- except I've read the same thing in the papers and on the net.