NO TAXES.
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I do like your thinking, but the 2 aren't the same. Tips are a gift or donation - they aren't part of your salary or wages. Legally they should've never been taxed in the first place. If the IRS wanted they could try to get tips classified as a true gift but unless the worker is in a high-end place where they get a ton of tip money from the same person in a year it still won't be taxable. If it passed the gift tax threshold it could be taxable, but not for the worker - for the donor.
Here - this is in English and not IRSese: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/gift-tax-rate
But see, the wage is $2.13 per hour for servers. Has been that low since I was in the industry, the 90’s. No base wage increase, so the server relies on the tips to make a living wage. Bartenders always made more per hour than I did, but the concept is the same. The taxes were based on the sales.
Oh I agree. I didn't say it was fair. I am however surprised nobody has decided to organize and fight this in the public with ads, interviews, articles, videos - stuff designed to wake people up to what is happening to people like you.