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Poll

How much in Xmas tips might you expect?

Bugger all, maybe a tenner if Im lucky
24.4%
22 (24.4%)
£25.00 - £50.00
20%
18 (20%)
£50.00 - £100.00
15.6%
14 (15.6%)
£100.00 - £200.00
13.3%
12 (13.3%)
£250.00 - £500.00
17.8%
16 (17.8%)
£500.00 - +£1,000.00
8.9%
8 (8.9%)

Total Members Voted: 85

Trevor Knight

  • Posts: 1825
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #20 on: November 03, 2007, 08:58:15 am »
Guy's Guy's Guy's please!!!!!!!!

Lets be realistic here for a minute.

1) The IR have to PROVE who gave you a tip and how much it was!
2) Unless you delcare your tip it an unknown quantity!
3) The Tax Man isn't going to spend a fortnight tracking down who did and didn't give you a tip to find out you got £400 tips of which he is entitled to his cut (22% approx?)

Yes you should be worried if you get £1000's rather than £1's but in all honesty...............??

My guy's work VERY hard all year round, what they get given at xmas from our customers is their concern! Happy xmas guy's!!
Covering Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey, Berkshire

ronnie paton

  • Posts: 3245
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2007, 09:02:45 am »
dont know anout christmas but i got £8 yesterday not much i know but nice all the same i must of done some thing right!!

Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2007, 10:04:57 am »
Well said Trev!
Good post.

Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #23 on: November 03, 2007, 10:36:26 am »
Well said Trev!
Good post.
Second that.


Morning squeaky, I guess you dont get 1000's in tips then  :P

Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2007, 08:09:32 pm »
Well said Trev!
Good post.
Second that.


Morning squeaky, I guess you dont get 1000's in tips then  :P
Nope, usually 350-400 quid.
Not bad for less than 200 customers. ;)

Moderator David@stives

  • Posts: 8829
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #25 on: November 03, 2007, 08:20:42 pm »
Getting tips is usually a sign of being to cheap.

When i first started 10 years ago , i got about £400 in tips at that time i thought £7.00 an hour was good.
The next year i dramaticaly increased my prices, then the tips stopped.

Now i employ people.

I dont want tips nor do i accept them now, if they give them to the staff then fine by me.

Dave

Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #26 on: November 03, 2007, 08:51:24 pm »
Getting tips is usually a sign of being to cheap.
;D I despair!

Trevor Knight

  • Posts: 1825
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #27 on: November 04, 2007, 08:26:17 am »
Hi Dave,

Sorry but I have to disagree with you. Getting a tip has no reflection whatsoever on your pricing.

A tip is based on your loyalty, regular service in all weathers and months of the year. Your services you have provided and the fact that your customer appreciates you and what you have done for them over the last 12 months. It is also the season of goodwill and it is generally an accepted practice to tip all people such as bin men, postman, milkman etc.............

Now, if you had a customer that you charged £8.50 each month and everytime they paid you, they gave you £10 and said keep the change, then you would have to question your pricing!

A once a year tip is completelty different??
Covering Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey, Berkshire

Moderator David@stives

  • Posts: 8829
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #28 on: November 04, 2007, 10:05:33 am »
Trev

Just speaking from personal experience.

Gone from £400 tips with a £500 a month round when i first started out. to virtually nothing with a lot bigger round.

We get the odd bottle of wine or tin of choccies, but not much more than that.

Dave

Mike_G

  • Posts: 1500
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #29 on: November 04, 2007, 10:32:08 am »
You'll have to pay Income Tax on any tips you get when you're working. But you may not have to pay National Insurance contributions.  According to the government tax website.


Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #30 on: November 04, 2007, 10:33:11 am »
You'll have to pay Income Tax on any tips you get when you're working. But you may not have to pay National Insurance contributions.  According to the government tax website.


seems I was right squeaky  :P

Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #31 on: November 04, 2007, 10:49:15 am »
What?
Just because someone agreed with you? ::)

He's wrong.
A gift is a gift.

Enjoy giving the taxman your wine and choccies. ;)

Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #32 on: November 04, 2007, 10:58:49 am »
What?
Just because someone agreed with you? ::)

He's wrong.
A gift is a gift.

Enjoy giving the taxman your wine and choccies. ;)
In your opinion hes wrong, and agreeing with me is a good thing  :P

Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #33 on: November 04, 2007, 11:12:07 am »
I give up.
I'm too confused. ??? ;D

Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #34 on: November 04, 2007, 11:12:50 am »
I give up.
I'm too confused. ??? ;D
lol, me too.

Mike_G

  • Posts: 1500
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #35 on: November 04, 2007, 07:41:55 pm »
I got that from the inland revenue site. Come on guys you should all know by now in this country they will tax you on everything they possibly can.

Tosh

Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #36 on: November 05, 2007, 06:39:29 pm »
1) The IR have to PROVE who gave you a tip and how much it was!

I'm the same with my turnover! ;D

twt

Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #37 on: November 22, 2007, 09:21:11 pm »
just been looking into the tip situation and unfortunately you do have to declare tips and they are taxable as mentioned earlier in thread you don't have to pay national insurance on them though.

Elginn

  • Posts: 235
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #38 on: November 22, 2007, 09:23:20 pm »
the tax man gonna love this post
The taxman can insert it into his rectum.

My tips are my tips.
Gifts from customers are not taxable. ::)

For the record, I usually get about £350-400 from less than 200 customers.
I'm expecting much less this year though because I've used wfp and annoyed them. :(
All your tips are accountable to the taxman

steve m

  • Posts: 796
Re: Christmas tips
« Reply #39 on: November 22, 2007, 09:32:21 pm »
I was a milkman years ago, and the taxman put the income tax up by 6% in the month of december