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Why businesses love it when you tip their workers

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Tipping and Wages: Unpacking the No Tax Rule

This chapter examines the implications of the no tax on tips rule for tipped workers' wages and how it affects the hospitality industry's stance on raising base pay. It reveals discrepancies in reported earnings versus actual wages, questioning the reliability of employment statistics and the impacts on both workers and customer tipping behavior.

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