Waiters and other restaurant staff: spill the beans

Bettie

Happy_Hippo wrote: »

Thanks for bringing me up to date - how does it work now?

Do you have to take note of what you receive and declare all sums?

The problem I observed was that HMRC had an "average" industry figure, and if you worked in a particular role, regardless of where you worked or who for, & they adjusted your tax code accordingly, regardless of what you actually received, so there were some big winners and some big loosers, which often followed a gender bias.

I don't work as a waitress anymore so not 100% sure but I thought it was the same. Tax code adjusted and tax stopped, end of year you had to make a declaration as to how much you'd made and either the code was adjusted or you got a rebate.

Takeaway_Addict

Bargain_gatherer wrote: »

I asked who benefited from a 12.5% service charge in a restaurant recently. I was told that some of it went towards their wages and the rest was shared out. Let's have a fair wage without the embarrassing need for tipping.

But a service charge isn't a tip is it really? I despise service charges personally.

ShaneUK

Had an email from Beefeater today, and part of their email "signature" has their stance on tips paid via card:

Credit card tips will be processed by the payroll department and paid to your server after deduction of Income Tax and National Insurance contributions only. No other deductions will apply