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Last modified on June 8th, 2022 at 11:31 am

Jump to: What Is an Automatic Gratuity? How Does the IRS Treat Automatic Gratuities? Are Automatic Gratuities Legal? Should I Use Automatic Gratuities? Grow Your Business In the food and beverage industry, many employees depend on tips – or gratuities – to earn money. Typically, these tips are left up to a customer’s discretion. While tipping is customary in the United States, customers are not required to leave a tip – which is why some restaurants, bars, and other establishments…

Last modified on June 8th, 2022 at 11:30 am

If there was one thing that the food and beverage industry learned in 2020 – 2021, it was the importance of take-out service. Faced with ever-changing rules and restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses only survived due to take-out. While dine-in sales plummeted, take-out sales rose by an astounding 59%. With more to-go options than ever before, it is clear that take-out is here to stay as a primary source of revenue for restaurants. Given this new reality,…