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I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds.

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For those who don't know, this is a quote from Tarantino's debut movie "Reservoir Dogs" (1992). The line is said by Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) in the first scene.

minimum wage for industry with tips is 2.13 an hour and the IRS estimates how much tip you make and taxes you that amount. Not tipping simply robs the worker.

The parent was quoting from 'Reservoir Dogs', a Quentin Tarantino film from the early 1990s.

> and the IRS estimates how much tip you make and taxes you that amount

I have plenty of problems with tipping culture, but this one is entirely of the server's making, and is a common trope.

If you can demonstrate/document less tips than the IRS estimate, that's exactly what you will be taxed. Nobody is forcing you to be taxed on unearned income...

... but most servers don't do that because the vast majority of them make entirely more than the IRS tipping estimates.

There is no such thing as documenting cash tips. I wouldn't have any problems with no tipping if servers got paid on the same scale as everybody else.

That's not accurate:

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...

Fill this out every month: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-access/f4070_accessible.pdf

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