LWgeSC added to our restaurant tab

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We calculate our tip based on the amount before tax. Whether it is 15, 18 or 20 percent.

Often there are two lines of taxes, one for food and one for drinks. Sometimes there is a special surcharge for tourism or something else. Not necessarily in Minnesota.

So we went to Kincaid in St. Paul and noticed there were two lines, one tax, the other 1.9% LWgeSC "a surcharge added to contribute directly to employee wages but is NOT in lieu of server gratuity.

So we added this to the "before tax" total and increased our tip.

In a story published today in the strib, a restaurant owners is adding surcharge to cover the increasing cost of health insurance.

http://www.startribune.com/well-known-minneapolis-restaurants-adding-surcharge-on-tabs-to-cover-staff-health-insurance/436963393/

A well-known group of Minneapolis restaurants will add 3 percent to every customers’ bill in an effort to offset the rising expense of providing health insurance to its employees.

Kim Bartmann, whose restaurants include Barbette, the Red Stag and the eclectic Bryant Lake Bowl, said Thursday that she is making the surcharge, which begins Friday, known to her customers, rather than “raising prices here and there” on various menu items.

“Just as people are wanting transparency on where their seafood or beef or vegetables come from,” Bartmann said, “we’re hoping that transparency around this issue in our restaurants is appreciated and encourages people to patronize our locations.”

She said she has spoken with many of her employees at the six restaurants, and “I haven’t gotten any negative feedback. I often get thanked [for offering health insurance]. ... A lot of restaurants don’t offer insurance.”

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That's OK. I don't have problem with that.