"zuuum" > wrote in message
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>
> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
>> This is plain and simply false. I have looked into this at length and the
>> tax code is quite clear. All a wait has to do is detail their actual tips
>> and pay tax on that amount. A percentage *may* be assumed if the wait
>> does
>> not itemize tips in the proper fashion. This is an urban legend that is
>> kept
>> alive by waits who who want customers to feel guilty for leaving no tip
>> or a
>> small tip when they get shitty service.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Aitken
>
> It is a stubborn legend, then. Any links to exactly what is legal for the
> server's employer to withold? Perhaps it is witholdings rather than
> actual taxes due.
All I found relevant was...
http://www.ustreas.gov/tigta/2001rep...0130076es.html but they state it
is intended to be a "non-enforcement method" that are actually based on
"agreement" between the employer and IRS.

and.... http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/old/10428232.htm