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13. Thank you for sharing this, doc03.

Mon Jun 26, 2023, 06:53 PM

Jun 2023

I went searching the internet and I only found this article from February 5, 1983, basically a new rule to report tips to the IRS for tax purposes.

I can't find anything else about tipped workers during the Reagan Admin.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/02/05/New-Internal-Revenue-Service-rules-for-reporting-tips-have/9750413269200/

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general question on tipping [View all] stopdiggin Jun 2023 OP

I think it's always best to tip in cash. Think. Again. Jun 2023 #1

I hate tip culture. CrispyQ Jun 2023 #2

Yes, pay the employees, but, they're maybe not paying them well, so NoRethugFriends Jun 2023 #5

agree. the 'pay the workers' line stopdiggin Jun 2023 #16

+1000 Niagara Jun 2023 #9

Thank you for sharing this, doc03. Niagara Jun 2023 #13

I found this: sl8 Jun 2023 #19

Good questions, bookmarking intrepidity Jun 2023 #3

It's handled the same way as it is if you wrote the amount on the bill Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #4

thanks. stopdiggin Jun 2023 #17

I prefer to tip in cash EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #7

Tip-culture is not world wide but is built into the culture of the USA sanatanadharma Jun 2023 #8

They are definitely taxed on tips on CC. Each establishment chooses split. we can do it Jun 2023 #10

Cash tips are almost always pocketed without paying any taxes on it. MichMan Jun 2023 #11

suspect that is true stopdiggin Jun 2023 #18