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Tips must be shared
American law requires staff who receive tips to keep scrupulous records of them. But since it is difficult to establish day-to-day control over real income of this kind, in the United States they are taxed under the imputed income system. The tax rates, for example, for waiters and doormen are fixed and depend on the category of the establishment in which they work. The calculation is made on the basis of control measurements of tips in various sectors of the service sector. These amounts are revised from time to time.
Plans to increase taxes on tips have already caused active protest, primarily from trade unions representing the interests of hotels, restaurants and the gambling business. An appeal has been sent to the SVD demanding that they present convincing evidence that an increase in the amount of imputed income from tips is really necessary. If taxes are nevertheless raised, the trade unions propose to at least extend this process over several years. Otherwise, according to the authors of the appeal, a crisis in the service sector cannot be avoided.