Sarah

Servers are required to report sales as if they were tipped on 8-10 % of their sales or run the risk of being audited by the IRs, (and yes it happens frequently.) If someone has a $300 tab, $200 of that liquor, and they only leave $15 because thats 15% of everything but the 4 bottles of wine they had, then that server is not only tipping out more to the support staff then they should but reporting more to the IRS then they should. And if you cant afford to be tipping off your entire bill, then mabey you should get a $10 bottle of wine and stay home. There is a considerable amount of work that goes into opening and presenting a bottle of wine. recomending that people not tip on that portion of the bill is insane.