Yeah, the advantage of tips for servers is that they can collect more than the 'expected' amount and not declare it, allow income to go untaxed beyond the minimum threshold.
In Australia, we have the 10% GST for eating out (which is considered a luxury), and any tips left are pooled towards the entire establishment rather than the individual server. (Which eliminates the issue he talked about in one of the sections about assignation of busier/more profitable shifts being a reward from managers to staff, and creates a competitive-with-each-other culture rather than a make-the-customer's-experience-better culture.)
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In Australia, we have the 10% GST for eating out (which is considered a luxury), and any tips left are pooled towards the entire establishment rather than the individual server. (Which eliminates the issue he talked about in one of the sections about assignation of busier/more profitable shifts being a reward from managers to staff, and creates a competitive-with-each-other culture rather than a make-the-customer's-experience-better culture.)