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Guides
Plain answers about where tips go. Every guide links to the record, so you can check (or report) a specific business.
Guide № 01
Where do tips actually go?
What regulators found, what workers say, and how often the honest answer is that nobody knows.
Guide № 02
Is a service charge a tip?
The two are legally different, and the difference decides who gets the money.
Guide № 03
Can managers take tips?
What federal law says about who may share in a tip pool, and where states differ.
Guide № 04
Do digital tips go to workers?
What happens after you tap the tablet, and the questions worth asking.