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I professor of psychiatry at i Washington University met Washington Lias suggests maintain bedtime routines and communal meals May members from alcohol Abu depression and family Viole healthy families spend service charges gain As tips Are taxed in . Restaurants new York times de up with Congress for taking a bigger bite of tips the chel and owner of the Bria Hurst Manor inn 0. Sigi Krauss. Has done away with tipping in his restaurant in Colorado Springs. He has added a 20 percent service charge in ils place. The move he said frees him irom the expense and record keeping that accompanies taxes on gratuities. I can t be a bookkeeper Lor the government. There Aren t enough hours in the  late last year. Congress expanded the employers share of social Security taxes to cover All Cash tips. The change took effect Jan. 1. According to the Reagan administration which proposed the change the expanded tax would raise $200 million this year and $1.6 billion Over five ears. When added to an unemployment tax that restaurant owners have had to pay on tips since 1964, restaurateurs say the Burden May be too great to Bear. Many like Krauss Are looking for an alternative and Are finding the service charge an appealing solution. Menus in the Rattlesnake club near downtown Denver slate in Small print that a 17 percent service charge will be added to All food and beverage  in Case the notice goes unseen printed at the Bottom of each Check Aie the words gratuities Are not  an owner of the club James c. Schmidt said he banned tipping last november to elevate table waiting to a profession. The expanded social Security taxes Schmidt said played a part in his decision. It is Only a matter of Lime before the irs gets tighter and lighter and tighter a said. Tips arc going to become wages and taxed  restaurant owners mid they should not have to pay taxes on lips because tips Are income the owners do not pay and Over which they have no control. Schmidt uses Money collected from the service charge to pay his workers a High wage provide them with health benefits and keep the internal Revenue service Happy. To determine the hourly wage for his employees Schmidt divided the wages and former lips the workers received by the number of hours they worked. Under the old system busboys waiters and waitresses earned $201 an hour plus tips Schmidt said to now pays busboys s6 an hour and the Best waiters and waitresses to 1.25. The results he said have been Good for business although some customers walked when told a 17 percent service charge had been added. You can t Tell me How much to  Schmidt said he heard patrons say. Wailers and waitresses who have worked under both systems say they prefer the service charge because they Are guaranteed a steady income and Are eligible for raises. Because their wages Are higher and Are verifiable they also have an easier time obtaining Loans and credit. Under the old lip system your assignment was everything said a waitress at the Bria Rhural Manor who asked not to be identified. If your table was next to the Kitchen door you were stuck. There was no Way to make a living that  David b. Weatherford general manager of the quilted Giraffe in Manhattan said his restaurant instituted an 16 percent service charge relatively Early on two years ago. In the last few weeks weather Ord said he has received at least 15 Calls irom restaurant owners who want information about the system. A of a sudden they re realizing How much this Law will Cost them he said Barry wine who owns the quilted Giraffe said he believed that another Cost is involved in the new Law tax fraud penalties. More restaurateurs Are considering service charges because they fear thai the Bis Wilt accuse them of tax fraud if their waiters do not report All lips on their taxes he said. Page 14 the stars and stripes the employer is cheating too. It the Waller reports tha $200 when he really made $ employer is saving taxes on no business wants to Olsi Way to change thai is to Tot. Income system in the unite restaurant Industry so that the custom of lipping is originated in 18th-Century e 1 to insure promptness we House tables in London Arn the containers to obtain up coins became known As tip the Label. Most european hold 10 to 20 percent service cd guests often feel compete dec Schmidt s partner at the Michael Mccarty has used a restaurant he owns in bar since 1980. A service charge in a restaurant he and scan november on Capitol he. Mccarty said he Rece vet Day from restaurant owner about the charge he Predi every single restaurant will the National restaurant Effort to revise the up system Congress to increase the Ai be counted As wages in de wage Levels. Restaurant of workers $2.01 an hour with or 40 percent of the $3.35 n presumed to come from up in March the House Edu wednesday