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I was at a bar on the Las Vegas strip not too long ago, and even they had some form of 'resort fee/tax'. I was really taken aback. I'm not sure the legal ramifications but I should have refused to pay.

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Was a band playing? That might have been the live entertainment tax. As a Vegas resident I thank you for helping to pave my roads. /s

https://tax.nv.gov/FAQs/Live_Entertainment_Tax___FAQ%E2%80%9...

Decent roads, horrible schools: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/education/2018/01/17/nevadas-...

Have you been through Vegas recently? Even the roads are horrible, but I thought it was just because of the weather.

You mean our baseball stadium.

And definitely not our schools.

Most likely a "concession fee." Lively discussion here: https://vitalvegas.com/beware-the-deceptive-cnf-charge-at-be...

Funny enough, I was at Beer Park. Needless to say I will not be going back.

That discussion expectedly devolves quickly into whether or not it is okay to deduct the fee from the tip. I would normally be on the server's side, but in this case the server could have avoided the confusion by simply telling the patron about the fee from the beginning. Had he/she done that from the get-go, then deducting the fee from the tip would be ridiculous (in fact not paying it at all would be ridiculous, since the patron would have been aware of it from the beginning). But if the server doesn't do that, that I honestly have little sympathy if the tip were to take the hit.

That said of course the first step should be to raise hell to management right there on the floor so that all other patrons hear as well. And the maybe the 0th step should be to not support establishments such as these (though that won't save you the first time if you don't know about these shenanigans).

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