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  • From: John Shadle <shadle AT email.unc.edu>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: eGullet founder/author dines at Federal
  • Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:45:06 -0400

John I <not AT hotmail.com> wrote...

It's easy. You subtract the sales tax and any appetizers then figure 25% of what's left. over time it works out to 17%.

i've always heard that you tip on the pre-tax amount. am i right, or am i right? that 10% of the meal plus the sales tax makes sense to me (thanks to bendy).

of course, then there's this take

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtiplesstax.html

-john




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