Restaurants may be quietly inflating your tip — and diners are starting to notice [FOX News]
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Restaurants have long relied on social etiquette to guide the way people tip. But as digital payment systems increasingly suggest gratuities automatically, a new debate is emerging: Should those tips be calculated before or after tax? The question has drawn attention following controversy at a Dave & Buster's location, where suggested tips were reportedly applied to the post-tax total. Fox News Digital reached out to the Texas-based company for comment. While the incident sparked online backlash, restaurant operators and etiquette experts say the issue goes far beyond any single brand. Two restaurant owners said tips should be calculated on the pre-tax amount — and not the total bill. "Post-tax would be double-dipping," Vicki Parmelee, owner of Jumby Bay Island Grill in Jupiter, Florida, told Fox News Digital. Derek Simms, who operates multiple restaurants in Frisco, Texas, said a tip "should be on the subtotal." Adding a tip on top of tax can inflate the final bill in
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