Quiet

It was definately a quiet evening at Mason Lake.

Taken on Tuesday June 9, 2020 at Mason Lake.

Tips – Tax Free

While the idea of making tips tax-free may be popular with tip workers, I could see it encouraging many other employers, especially those in low tipped minimum-wage states to rely increasingly on tipped workers. It could mean whole new industries would cut their wages for workers, and lead to more places requiring, at least in a moral sense, you tip workers. That seems like just another tax on people whenever they interact with humans.

Trump Tax-Free-Tip Plan Opens ‘the Door to Tax Evasion,’ Expert Says – Business Insider

Trump Tax-Free-Tip Plan Opens ‘the Door to Tax Evasion,’ Expert Says – Business Insider

Under a tax-free-tip system, employees who work for tips — such as waiters, bartenders, drivers, and some hotel staff — would have a financial advantage over other low-wage workers, such as those who work in fast food, because they could avoid taxes for Social Security, Medicare, and income.

It could also mean consumers — many already experiencing tipping fatigue as tipping culture pervades more industries — would be asked to tip in additional situations so workers could receive untaxed income.