On 4/18/05 2:51 PM, Jim Logajan wrote:
> http://www.gastronomica.org/pages/sample4.2.html
>
> Basically, given a mix of cash and credit card (CC) payments to a
> restaurant, the IRS has used the average CC tip amounts to estimate the
> tips on the cash payments and expects taxes to be paid on it. If you, as a
> customer, pay by cash and undertip, the restaurant could be hit up for
> taxes by the IRS on income they never received.
Well..never heard of that...if that's the case, I think that's the first
reasonable explanation I've heard of why someone would be that P.O. about being
under-tipped...
I noticed that in a couple of restaurants in Chicago and in Boston and in
Hawaii, there were some restaurants automatically adding in the gratuity to the
bill, even though its just 2 or 3 people dining (I know this is standard
practice for large groups). Maybe this is to ensure that patrons don't
undertipped and also discourage people from overtipping??? |