by evansfox | Dec 12, 2013
A 1909 law makes it illegal for alcoholic beverages to be shipped by the U.S. Postal Services. As a result, wineries, breweries and other retailers must use FedEx or UPS to ship alcohol products. With the growth of internet commerce and the financial troubles at the...
by evansfox | Dec 12, 2013
Automatic gratuities (typically 18%) take away the customer’s discretion in choosing whether and/or how much to tip the server. The IRS may classify these as service charges, not tips, and these revenues will be taxed as wages (not tips). As a result of this removal...
by evansfox | Dec 12, 2013
The IRS’ recent ruling on automatic gratuities will bring restaurants and bars under greater scrutiny in reporting their tips. Increased enforcement efforts are likely to follow. Another problem is that these tips would be treated as wages, meaning upfront...
by evansfox | Dec 12, 2013
In the social media age, customers are more selective about where they eat and are more inclined to share their experience in an online review. One negative review can cost you 30 potential customers. Restaurants are the most searched mobile category. Eighty-one...
by evansfox | Dec 11, 2013
Rochester is among the 100 cities across the nation seeing fast-food worker strikes and marches. These low-paid workers are advocating to double the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Organizers say employees planned to forgo work in 100 cities, with rallies set for...
by evansfox | Dec 11, 2013
A federal judge has ruled that a New York State law that bans merchants from imposing surcharges on customers who pay by credit card is unconstitutional because it prohibits them from telling customers about the extra fees they incur for accepting credit cards. Thus,...
