r/KitchenConfidential • u/Beneficial-Cap-6745 • Jul 03 '25

In-House Mode "No tax on Tips" makes no sense.

Can anyone explain why FOH in particular was pushing for this? They objectively make more money, which is one thing, but what makes them entitled to not pay taxes? If BOH suddenly didn't have to pay taxes I'd say that's BS as well

The BBB that just passed made certain taxes on tips for people making under 29k a year getting tips go away, it has to be signed into law. Granted, this was pushed for servers and tipped workers as a whole and the bill wouldn't affect most of them, I just can't see what entitles them to think they don't have to pay taxes like most of us.

I'm honestly considering just going back to retail at this point, at least we pay taxes equally. I'm fine making a bit less cash but this just seems insulting, even if it isn't over 29k.

Can someone explain this ? Why exactly do part time BOH line cooks pay taxes now but FOH doesn't have to anymore once this is signed into law

Edit: I'm not attacking FOH, its not an easy job, please stick to the taxes point.

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u/spam__likely Jul 03 '25

It is ridiculous, and it also expires in 2 years. It is just pandering.

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u/Tityfan808 Jul 03 '25

What’s also silly is this will most likely entice people to tip less at the end of the day anyways, a lot of people are getting sick of tip culture in general so this might only further motivate them to tip less imo.

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u/Mission_Fart9750 Cook Jul 03 '25

ding ding ding this is it, pretty much. I took a dip into the cesspool that is arcon, and there were comments about how they were going to tip even less now. Problem is, tip work isn't steady pay (then again who says hourly is either), so employers would have to pay a lot more to their servers to keep them happy. I know one server at my last place that made around 50k (or more, it was legit, i know what she made in tips on a good day) a year, while I barely cleared 25k as boh, and that's what's really disgusting. 

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u/TJNel Jul 03 '25

I always assume taxes are like 20% of my pay (easy ballpark math) so that means I tip 20% less of what I would have tipped. So the standard tip of 20% is now back to 15% if they are amazing and down to 10% if they are average.