Gratuity question

[Pixeldust Fairy]

Is the gratuity added to the meal bill, pre tax or post tax? Im just trying to figure up how much money I will need and I cant find my receipts from last year. Thanks for any help

 

[TLSnell1981]

Is the gratuity added to the meal bill, pre tax or post tax? Im just trying to figure up how much money I will need and I cant find my receipts from last year. Thanks for any help

The "gratuity" should be added pre-tax.

 

[Pixeldust Fairy]

The "gratuity" should be added pre-tax.

Okay, so does that mean that my gratuity will be taxed? I have a party of 6 or more and all ressies state that gratuity will be automatically added. So I am wondering if it gets taxed? It shouldn't right? In my experience as a waitress, you give a gratuity based on the meal price before the sales tax is figured. That should follow true at Disney also, wouldn't you think? Hmm. . . this has me pondering.

 

[TDC Nala]

The gratuity is figured on the pre-tax amount of the bill - not added to the bill for taxing purposes.

 

[Tricia1972]

For a $100 Food Bill...

$18.00 - Gratuity
$6.50 - Tax (figuring 6.5% tax)

$124.50 - Total Bill

 

[Pixeldust Fairy]

For a $100 Food Bill...

$18.00 - Gratuity
$6.50 - Tax (figuring 6.5% tax)

$124.50 - Total Bill

Thanks Tricia, this was the method I was using also. I have seen some threads say that the gratuity is also subject to the sales tax. Thanks for the help.

 

[scrump]

Gratuity should be based on the pre-tax amount of the bill.

Not sure about restaurants at WDW, but a lot of the ones I've been to recently calculate out the 15%, 18% and 20% amounts of gratuity for you, but many of them use the post-tax amount. So be careful when looking at the numbers given to you...