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Monopoman posted...

Can an employer just deem their employees as tipped salary?

I thought it had to be a job where tips were common for that to happen like working as a wait staff at a typical sit down restaurant or something. Like if I run say a plumbing business and my employee receives a tip on average of 1 in 50 jobs does that mean I can then claim they are a tipped employee? Seems like a pretty damn ridiculous thing to me in that case, if you are receiving tips all the time sure maybe there is some leeway there but tips that are super rare should not trigger this.

All it takes is a change with HR regarding how the company files your withheld taxes.

Of course, they have to have proof that the employee is now making tips...