@texgeekboy posted:Yep on the tax issue. That's why I try to pay all my restaurant tabs in cash, especially at mom and pop places. They can handle the transaction anyway they want.
Places that do that generally end up getting caught, because their register receipts can be checked against their filings with the state and they do check. With something like a vendor at a train show, it would be very difficult for the state to audit them and wouldn't be worth the time, but with restaurants they do check and they tend to do it with cash only places a lot. I know of one restaurant I went to that was cash only for years, they got greedy with the tax stuff, and they ended up in a lot of trouble, including athletes and sports figures, who went there a lot, being told not to go there, and they ended up basically being forced to take credit cards. I suspect the real reason is the bother of having to pay for the Square device or whatever and then paying the fee, which varies by car (usually 3%). Some vendors at train shows will use paypal friends and family.
