IRS Cracking Down on Tip Reporting

The IRS figures the food and beverage business should be sending in some 200,000 tip disclosure forms every year. But only about a quarter ever show up. The IRS wouldn’t go on the record, but said it recently hired an outside contractor to identify slackers and that it’s conducting more audits… [...]

The Importance of Claiming all Your Tips

New employees to the restaurant industry always ask me how much of my tips should I claim and do I have to claim them all. The answer is very easy. “You must claim them all… [...]

Tips & Taxes…

There is a misconception that servers are required to report their tips as at least 8% of their sales revenue. 8% is simply a bottom line that the IRS uses when attempting to determine how much a server earned in tips over the year. The IRS does not expect to be paid 8% [...]