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I worked for a Chiropractor and have found out that he was not adding the tips that clients had put on their credit cards into my paycheck. I am not sure how much he has withheld over the time I worked for him. Should I pursue the matter, or drop it?
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Permalink Reply by Laurie on
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If you are confident that the tips were paid, yes ask him or his billing staff. Tips are reportable income and if the CC receipts can be audited, it should be easy to determine how much you are owed. Many medical office CC terminals are not set up to accept a tip. If the billing staff is including the tip with the Dr's service fee, he might not be aware that a tip has been extended to you. Either way, someone needs to pay taxes on the tip income; if you aren't paying, then it must be him and no one wants to pay more taxes then necessary. If he is seeking insurance reimbursement there may be other ethical and regulatory issues involved. He might appreciate the information.
You can always switch to cash/check-only policy for tips and eliminate any confusion.
If he is intentionally not including the tips and withholding the income, that is another legal matter altogether.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on
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They know what they bill for a given service. They know what they charge insurance compainies and clients. A tip is more then obvious. And it sounds like its happened more then once. I'm not there, but it does not sound like a mistake to me.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Cunningham on
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This also happened to my wife. I would try to threaten him as best you can with whatever legal channels you have, but if he's so low that he steals from his therapists, he may not do the right thing.
We now have the policy that therapists are paid directly from clients to avoid any appearance of this practice. Also, the tips may be a little better because the client is face-to-face with the therapist.
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Permalink Reply by Neal Lyons on
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it's your money. of course you should pursue. many merchant credit card statements will show exactly what the tip amounts are as well because normally there is one charge for the base service, and then another for the tip. however, sometimes it is lumped in so that can be difficult. this one will be interesting if you really want to get to the exact figures. that said, if the massage charge is standard (lets say $55), then all amounts over that paid by the customers are technically tips for you. another way to back into it
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