tax and gratituity question

OctBride05 Posted: Apr 11, 2004 12:26 PM

tax and gratituity question

how do you figure out what the cost of tax and gratituity is. like if i'm paying 55.00 a person, how do i figure out what the total bill will be?

monters Posted: Apr 11, 2004 12:28 PM

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it would be $59.81 with tax and then another $10.77 with a 18% gratituty= $70.58

PS- your gratituity gets taxed also..

JimmysBride Posted: Apr 11, 2004 12:30 PM

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You figure it this way:

$55 x 8.75% sales tax = $4.81

$55 x 18% gratuity = $9.90

Add those two numbers to the base price:

$55 + $4.81 + $9.90 = $69.71

So, $55pp is really $69.71pp

Hope that made sense!

julz33 Posted: Apr 11, 2004 12:33 PM

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I got it a little cheaper than the above poster. I did tax: 8.75% plus gratuity:18% = 26.75%.
Then do $55 x 1.2675 = $69.71.

OctBride05 Posted: Apr 11, 2004 12:39 PM

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thanks girls

dm24angel Posted: Apr 11, 2004 12:42 PM

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I basically say it's about $15 extra pp...

jill13bean Posted: Apr 11, 2004 03:04 PM

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the hall does this for you....
but i don't know if you pay gratuity on tax... i think you might
i am paying about $40 extra a person for both...it depends on what you are paying pp

but you don't have a choice in the matter it is automatically included in your bill
usually halls say 18% gratuity = 8.75 tax

september2004 Posted: Apr 11, 2004 06:01 PM

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Posted by monters
PS- your gratituity gets taxed also..

i believe one can get around this by paying cash...

jill13bean Posted: Apr 11, 2004 06:24 PM

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i can't see many places agreeing to this... i know some vendors do this but i don't think a catering hall.......or do they
please let me know
thanks

suven Posted: Apr 11, 2004 07:31 PM

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The gratuity gets taxed. So, my gratuity is 15%

That means, it I were paying $100 per head, it would become $115 with the gruity and then I'd get charged the tax based on $115 per head.

This changed in Jan 03. It used to be that both tax and gratuity were computed off of the per head, so it would be $100 per head plus $15 gratuity plus $8.65 tax