In calculating the tip to leave after a meal, should u figure the tip on the meal cost or total cost with tax.

Question

Should you figure the tip on only the meal cost or the total bill including the tax?

Answer 1

I take the total and basically round off to about 20%

Answer 2

I have always figured it on the total bill. Of course you have to watch carefully as many places already charge for the tip and put it on your bill. In that case, you only leave an additional tip if the service was worth it. They normally say to leave 15% to 20% of the bill. However, I go by the service as when I was young I also worked as a waiter for a short time, and was glad to get the tips. It is not an easy job putting up with a lot of people. Most fortunately are great, some outstanding, and some you wish would just disappear for being so demanding. I did have one rude waitress one time, and I left a penny on the plate and did not feel bad at all. I am not a demanding person, I just like good service and also like to see my waiter or waitress smile, instead of coming to the table with their problems and throwing the menue at you. Also, you should consider the place you are in as when you are in a very, very fancy place you certainly would not leave a dollar. But going with the 15% to 20% is pretty safe, and you can add for outstanding service. Good luck to you.

Answer 3

I usually tip 20% on the total, including tax. The level of service can move that percentage up or down. When I was waiting tables in college some 20 years ago, it seemed like my average customer tipped around 17% of the total including tax.

Answer 4

You want to go with the total cost. The easiest way i've found to calculaute how much the tip is is muktiply the sales tax by 2. In most states the tax is 7% so if you doulbe it, you get a standard 14% total. Add a few cents and there you go.

Answer 5

I just want to point something out to you because mutiple suggested this, When you double the tax that only works in some areas...Some states dont tax on alcohol, so if you drank two bottles of wine at $35.00 a piece that is 14.00 (@ 20%) that you are not tipping. My advice is 20% for great service, also keep in mind that most servers do not keep all of there tips, at my work we tip out the bartender, the hostess, the server assistant (busser) and the expo...at the end of a good friday night I could tip out almost 80 bucks to other people....something to think about!!!=) good luck!!

Answer 6

Total Bill including the tax...and how good the service was, not on how good the food was....the server has no control over what happens in the kitchen, and those people make over min. wage, were-as your server only makes 2.00 and change an hour. Plus, no matter how much you leave the server, the government thinks they get 25% of a tip, so I would leave more than expected, some of these servers do an excellent job, but, make very little money for all the running they do....good luck on your meal.

Answer 7

I do not pay a tip for taxes. I take the meal amount, the favor of the food and the attention of the server into account. If all of the above were poor...15 %, good...usually 25-30% and if you are above average..sometimes I will give you up to 40%.
I was once a server and I know that if you are good and pleasant, the food is good, then the tip is usually higher.

Answer 8

I was a waitress for 7 years. I generally tip 15% of the subtotal if service was acceptable, 10% if barely acceptable, and 20% or better if service was exceptional. Then I generally round it off to the nearest $.25. I never tip less than 10%. If service was that poor, I complain to the manager, possibly by writing a letter the next day.

Answer 9

I think the standard answer is 15
% of the check at the end of the meal look at thelast total amount on the bottom of it and figure 15% of that. Example--a 10 dollar check would be 1 ane a half dollars.

Answer 10

THE TOTAL COST IS IMPORTANT, THE TIP IS CONSIDERED AFTER THE MEAL, attitude, courtersey, quality of food,
and a few other things.......20 % is great....