Tipping news and trends

IRS Clarifies How to Claim ‘No Tax on Tips’ Deductions
Taxes // November 21, 2025

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidance that it said clarifies how to claim deductions associated with the “No Tax on Tips” law. The guidance also provides “transition relief” for workers who receive tips in specified service trades or businesses, the IRS said in...

SpotOn Teams With Visa to Streamline Tip Payouts
Partnerships // October 15, 2025

Restaurant management system SpotOn has launched a collaboration with Visa. The partnership, announced Wednesday (Oct. 15), integrates Visa Direct into SpotOn’s DayCheck solution, letting restaurants simplify tip payouts. “Independent restaurants are under pressure to do more with less, and that includes finding ways to support...

Visa and eTip Team to Help Hospitality Workers Get Tipped Faster
Real-Time Payments // June 16, 2025

Visa has teamed with eTip, a digital tipping platform for the hospitality and service industries. The collaboration is designed to help deliver funds directly to participating digital wallets in real time, the companies said in a Monday (June 16) news release.  This will let service...

No-Tax Status May Spur Shift From Cash to Instant Digital Tipping
Taxes // May 22, 2025

New legislation recently passed in Congress eliminates federal taxes on tips — and one ripple effect is that there should be further tailwind for those tips to be paid out digitally rather than in cash. For restaurants, hotels and a host of other businesses, the...

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No-Tax Status May Spur Shift From Cash to Instant Digital Tipping

May 22, 2025
New legislation recently passed in Congress eliminates federal taxes on tips — and one ripple effect is that there should be further tailwind for those tips to be paid out digitally rather than in cash. For restaurants, hotels and a host of other businesses, the daily divvying up of cash tips, parceled out to shift […]

74% of Travelers Rely on Digital Wallets for Trips

January 24, 2025
For years, the travel and hospitality sectors have stuck to traditional payment options, such as cash and credit cards. But as consumers and staff demand quicker, more efficient ways to...

Tipping, Fees May Be Diners’ Tipping Point

August 12, 2024
Much has been made of tipflation, the upward march of the tips paid at the table and for delivery, which adds to the bill and subtracts from diners’ wallets. As...

Consumers Are Fed Up With Tipping and Take to Social Media to Prove It

June 03, 2024
Social media offers a running commentary on consumer sentiment and serves as a barometer of backlash. It may be the case that tiplflation is pushing individuals to scale back on...

Quick Reads
Uber and DoorDash Lose Bid to Quash NYC Tipping Law

January 25, 2026
Delivery companies have reportedly lost their bid to halt New York City’s new tipping law. Uber and DoorDash had asked a judge for an injunction to block the new law, which requires food delivery apps to offer customers the option to tip delivery workers, Reuters reported Friday (Jan. 23). According to the report, U.S. District […]

IRS Clarifies How to Claim ‘No Tax on Tips’ Deductions

November 21, 2025
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidance that it said clarifies how to claim deductions associated with the “No Tax on Tips” law. The guidance also provides “transition relief”...

SpotOn Teams With Visa to Streamline Tip Payouts

October 15, 2025
Restaurant management system SpotOn has launched a collaboration with Visa. The partnership, announced Wednesday (Oct. 15), integrates Visa Direct into SpotOn’s DayCheck solution, letting restaurants simplify tip payouts. “Independent restaurants...

Visa and eTip Team to Help Hospitality Workers Get Tipped Faster

June 16, 2025
Visa has teamed with eTip, a digital tipping platform for the hospitality and service industries. The collaboration is designed to help deliver funds directly to participating digital wallets in real...