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Up to US$13000 per year can be considered as monetary gifts by the IRS. Its very grey area if tips can be considered as gifts.

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tips and gratuities are a bonus and are a supplement to your wage. Relying solely on a bonus means something is already wrong. Ideally aiming for a better job is far rewarding than aiming for a tip.

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Tips are a bonus. Relying on solely on tips means something is already wrong as bonuses are not always guaranteed. Aiming for a higher paying job instead of "aiming for a tip" would be ideal. Aiming for a tip means you are hoping or gambling that the customers gives you more money.

"Ensuring that your table server is courteous and makes the attempt to satisfy" That is a poor argument because if I wanted to ensure something, I would pay for it in advance. As a customer, if I wanted better service, I would pay for it "before" service is rendered, not tip you after for it. Think First class tickets, one pays in advance to ensure a better service and treatment, not after. Tipping or paying "after" for better service, only serves as a grade of how well the server performed and does not guarantee that a tip is always given nor better service provided.

"Level of recognition and merit pay" should be provided by your management not the customer. Customers should grade the service via comment cards. Managers should merit pay based on that.

A waiter's and server's job is defined and are hired by the restauranteur's management. Customers do not hire the waiters. Customers should not pay the waiters, their management does. The diners therefore should not receive the burden in contributing anything beyond their already paid wages. Service is already a fundamental part of the establishment's business.

The menu price is the contracted price between the diner and the establishment. Waiters should not be considered a middle man contracted out to serve the diner. The diner should not be obligated to pay an addition beyond the menu stated price especially if the service charge is already included. Therefore waiters should not expect a tip. This reinforces the legal transaction of trade as business model.

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Coming from a part of the world where tipping is not encouraged, I can argue for and against it. Servers would feel dishonored because tipping equates to donating to pan handlers. Providing a tip in Japan, means you feel sorry for their profession, and means you look down on them. Its almost aristocratic.

If one has to rely on their bonuses, then something is already wrong with one's profession. Its bonus, not a guarantee.

People that suggests it's to ensure better service rendered, also have a weak argument. If this was true, one should tip prior to the service not after. Think first class tickets, one pays more in advance to ensure a better service, "before" said service is rendered. Tipping "after" only grades the waiter on how well they performed. Case in point, one cannot get better service after the service is already rendered right? It also does not ensure they will always get a tip either regardless how well they performed. To suggest that the recognized diner returns reinforces the waiter to maintain a higher level of performance does not make sense as one might not get the same waiter, and one might not return to the restaurant either.

Service is fundamental part of the establishment's business model. A waiter's job is defined, and hired by management, the restauranteur. The diners do not hire the waiters and therefore should not receive the burden in contributing anything beyond to their already paid wages. The menu price is the contracted price between the diner and the establishment. Waiters should not be considered a middle man contracted out to serve the diner. They represent and are part of the establishment. The diner should not be obligated to pay an addition beyond the menu stated price especially if the service charge is already included. Therefore waiters should not expect a tip. This reinforces the legal transaction of trade as a business model.

If tipping is considered a gift, then waiters should not get taxed by it. (monetary gifts under US$13,000 per year is not taxed by IRS)

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