Lots and lots of people , especially if the service was bad . I ' ve also seen people ask to take it off and then tip over 25 %. I think some former servers will ask to take it off so that their server doesn ' t have to claim the full 25 %<| sep |> Saved , because you never know right ? <| sep |> Haha nice guy <| sep |> Only if you don ' t receive a 1099 . You do realize the government gets a copy of ALL those things right ? Including the ones from your bank at the end of the year ? The IRS get so much information they can basically do your taxes for you . If you ' re talking about working entirely off the books , well good luck . Because then you ' re talking about not only not paying your debts , but committing tax evasion which is a crime , and can land you in prison . So basically , you ' re recommending people not pay their debts which will destroy their credit , prohibiting them from getting new credit , or driving them to other kinds of less secure credit with higher interest rates which will make their financial situation even worse in actuality AND gambling with tax evasion and the instability of working under the table which really just sets you up to get screwed over by people because what are you going to do ? Take them to court and make a public record of a business you are pretending not to have ? Not to mention that you ' ll not be paying in to social security , unemployment , etc . I seriously feel for anyone who takes your advice seriously . I wonder how many people have completely destroyed their life as a result of listening to this immature , ill conceived BS .