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[asrobs]

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Texas-gal - thank you, very nicely put.

Pete - funny sign LOL

All those tips that add up over the year get reported on your taxes, right?

Yes.  Truth is I don't separate my tips from my regular rates.  It is all income and it gets reported.

Allow me a correction, I see the comparison between massage therapists and chiropractors as a huge stretch.  I am not a chiropractor and I don't run my practice as if I am one.  

AnneGS, It seems weird to me that you are reading the responses as fear based.  Fear based how?  I am a small business owner in a service based industry where tipping is considered a standard of practice.  Many of us who choose to accept tips do so quite happily and look at it as a wonderful reward from the client.  I don't see anything fear based about that.  FWIW, tipping amounts to probably less than 5% of my income.

I think a major difference here is that some of us are not trying to ally ourselves with the healthcare industry.  I think that what we do and offer is already professional and it is not necessary to get into bed with another industry -- aka: healthcare.  Personally, I would rather strike a nice balance in the middle without losing anything to either end.

 

[Cora D]

Of course I report my tips.  They go right in the bank with the rest of the money and reported as income.  Wouldn't do otherwise so you don't have to question it...I don't appreciate that.Also, why not accept tips and get referrals?  It's what I do.  In fact, I don't even have to ask for referrals, my clients offer and I'm always sure to thank them and give them a discount on their next massage.  

 

[Roadrunnermike]

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Some of my clients tip. Some don't. I accept them graciously. I report ALL my income. 100%. Even the money I get from selling a tub of sombra or a roll-on tube of biofreeze. I know some people who don't accept tips, but I love em. And I appreciate all my clients the same, whether they tip or not. (what is it I'm supposed to be afraid of?... that comment chapped me too, but its just a comment I guess. whatever)Jill/Sagetherapist