Tipping and etiquette: Is service charge any different from tip?
Hindustan Times | Vir Sanghvi
Sep 27, 2015 11:17 AM IST
What is a service charge? Is it different from a tip to the wait staff? And does either make sense?
In July this year, a Bombay lawyer registered a case at a police station suggesting that some criminal (or at least, improper) activity had occurred at a restaurant because the bill included something called a ‘Service Charge’. Because most of us are used to the concept of service tax, the cops first wondered if there was a taxation angle.
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