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Killing taxes on tips sounds good, but experts say it doesn’t solve the real problem

  • Most tipped workers already don't pay federal taxes.
  • Increasing the tipped minimum would do more.

Edit: really there should be no minimum lower than the hourly minimum.

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  • Abolish tipping. Make "gratuity" transactions illegal under IRS code so that the only way to "tip" is in cash. Overnight, the tipped staff will quit and the owners will be forced to pay a proper wage if they want to hire anyone.

    Sometimes my company manages a project so well that we hit a performance bonus. I split that bonus amongst the members of that specific team, including prior contributors. I do not lower their salaries by twenty percent and expect the client's bonus to offset the lower salary. If that would be craY for me to do, why isn't it for restaurants.?

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