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otb,
FYI, article on
service fee instead of tipping
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I am 100% for this because it will probably make waiters and waitresses unable to under claim at tax time. I imagine this will be huge for bringing in tax dollars and take relief off of the rest of us that have the taxes automatically taken off already.
The only problem i see with this is that being a service your tip wil lend up taxed under Canada's GST (goods and services tax).
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LOL @ this. You really think waiters as a collective group are evading that much tax? Enough that the massive inflow of these tax dollars will allow for reduction of your tax burden?
It's obvious you've never worked in a restaurant or bar.
Edit to add: Also, most restaurant business is done via credit/debit card these days. By law, gratuity left on this type of transaction IS reported. The only thing waitstaff could possibly dodge tax on is cash tips and tipshare.