If you get a big enough tip that makes the news, but denies 
a fancy treat, 
might make a "buisness decision".
https://www.facebook.com/masonjarcafe210
According to a 
Spookbook post 
paid the taxes on it and they 
really care about their workers and didn't make the decision in haste.
Porkyspeek
A claim has been made about a recent employee of ours. We can not comment on the nature of her losing her job due to labor laws and to protect the staff involved. However, I will say it had nothing to do with the tip. She did receive the entire tip, she did not pay taxes on it (the business did). Yes, she shared the tip at the request of the man that left it.
We do truly care about our staff. We’ve had the same crew for 5-6 years. We have college girls that come home every summer and have been for four years now, we take our staff up north at the end of every summer season, we give donations for college funds for them, we kept them employed through Covid, we do everything in our power not to lose staff.
We hope it is clear this was not a decision made lightly or hastily.
Jayme and Abel
Lol what. Since when we’re American businesses held liable for paying employees’ taxes on income that’s (I’m assuming) not reported in the books? I have never heard of a business paying someone’s taxes because they refused to lol
You've never heard of it because that's not how it works, idk what they're on about. They could give her extra money to cover the taxes that she would owe on that tip, but that tip still has to be reported on her taxes, and her SSN is responsible for paying anything that her employer didn't withhold from her gross income. You can't just say, "no it's cool, actually my EIN is taking over this tax responsibility for her SSN." For a cash tip that your employer never touched, there's not even the usual withholding mechanism.
As far as whether or not she reports this tip as income - it would be incredibly stupid to not be super fucking thorough claiming every cent of your tips for a year in which you got publicity for a huge tip. It's very easy to submit snitch reports to the IRS; I did it myself a couple years ago for an employer that was fucking my husband around. If anybody in her life is pissy about not getting a piece of that $10k, it would only take them a few minutes to report her.