Okay.........I think I finally figured it out!!
I looked up my old receipts (yes, I keep everything....) and checked out the two character dinings we did and this is what I came up with:
Goofys total: $93.95, Gratuity, $14.09, Tax $9.45 which = $117.49
Where my confusion was coming from is that $117. 49 is almost 26% higher than $93.95, so if gratuity is 15% and tax is 7.75% it didn't add up.
What my receipts confirmed is that: 15%
IS the gratuity, however, they add that amount to your bill and then tax you on the whole thing. And, the
Disneyland Restaurant tax rate is 8.75%, not 7.75%.
So for my Goofy's receipt: $93.95 bill total, add 15% gratuity ($14.09) = $108.04. Now they then add 8.75% tax to the $108.04 ($9.45) which then totals the $117.49 we were charged.
What surprised me was that the gratuity was taxed. Usually when we pay tips, they are not taxed, so when people are factoring in tax and gratuity to try to figure the best deal (vouchers or paying w/cash) they need to make sure they add the 15% gratuity to the total bill before figuring the tax.
Hope this makes sense......
, but the difference between regular price and full price (tax and tip included) appeared to be closer to a 26% difference. I was thinking maybe 8% tax and 18% gratuity, when trying to figure it, although that seemed high. I ususally only see that high an automatic gratuity on large parties. Thought anyone??
