"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> notbob wrote:
> >
> > On 2004-09-12, jmcquown > wrote:
> >
> > > Indeed, they tax your sales not what you *earn* which is just plain
stupid.
> > > Sometimes I had to pay more money than I made. Nother reason not to
be a
> > > wait-person.
> >
> > HUH!!??
> >
> > How can they tax your sales? A wait person is not selling anything?
Please
> > elaborate.
>
> They assume you make a certain percentage of tips. I forget what the
> percentage they assume. Unfortunately, it's a result of massive
> underreporting by waitstaff.
>
> nancy

That's the very reason why it's so important to tip the staff. The
government automatically taxes the staff based upon the sales that they did.
If people don't tip, the waiters and waitresses pay for it anyway. It's not
fair, IMO, but that's how it works.

kili