Comment on Waffle House workers demand liveable wages and tip protections.
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 2 months agoThis comment shows a complete lack of knowledge as to how tipping works in 2024.
It’s not 1985 anymore. Unless you work in the sketchiest of shit-hole dive bars in an incredibly small town, people aren’t dodging taxes on their tips and using food stamps/medicaid.
Im always reminded of how little people know about industries outside of their own until someone starts talking about something im familiar with.
It’s quite funny how wrong people can be.
curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 months ago
The industry absolutely dodges taxes on tips. It’s well known that you need to report 8% of your sales to avoid an audit, so that’s what you report. As a server I’d make 15 - 18%. So I’m paying taxes on only half my tips, which make up the majority of my income.