Peter Aitken wrote:
> "kilikini" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "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
>>
>>
> This is bullshit - see my other message.

It's not bullshit. They didn't institute this until hmmmm, 1981 or so.
After that, I recall many times I earned less in a given night than I made
in wages + tips many a day because of what I had to report based on
food/liquor sales.

Jill