Do cocktail waitresses pay for the drinks?
I didn’t realize how much misinformation there is out there regarding this topic until I started reading some forums, and I’ve had an overwhelming amount of e-mails asking me what the truth is. So here it is. Each casino and the IRS have an agreement as to how much to allocate each cocktail waitress, and whether to allocate her by the hour or per drink. The agreement is different with every casino, and within each casino, the allocation amount is different for each cocktail waitress depending on her shift and station. I will use the following as an example, and please keep in mind…this is just an example, a hypothetical, a not-for-real made-up FYI. Let’s say I am allocated 25 per drink. If I bring out a hundred drinks that day, the IRS assumes I made $25.00, and that amount is added on to my paycheck as income. Whatever income bracket I fall into at the end of the year determines how much in taxes I will have to pay, or have paid. How does the IRS know how many drinks I take out? Bec
