Some of the restaurant owners agree with this initiative, on having a better control upon revenues, while others reject it, on increasing the client’s bill.
“The waiter’s tip will therefore be legal, which will be subject to taxes,” according to Corina Martin, president of ANAT and of the Federation of the Tourism Employers Associations FAPT.
Martin added that each restaurant will settle the level of tip paid to waiters, which should be over 10%, while the state will collect more taxes and duties.
Some of the restaurants owners believe that such a measure will have negative consequences upon consumption.
“I don’t believe this is a good idea as the client’s bill gets higher. It is unpleasant to force a client leave a tip,” according to Catalin Mahu, owner of La Mama chain.
Mahu added such a measure will only have a positive effect upon the employees’ wages, which will increase.
Mahu and Mohammad Murad, president of the Federation of Employers Associations in Tourism FPTR agree there are better means to increase budget cash-ins.
“We should first try to help the economy to go so well that restaurants sells increase and then including waiters’ tips in the bill,” Murad said.
On the other hand, Simion Alb, the head of Romania’s Tourism Promotion Office in USA and Canada said that including tips in the bill may give the wrong signal the tip is a right and not a reward, which is not even guaranteed by providing an exceptional service.
On the contrary, some of the restaurant owners support ANAT initiative.
Dan Malusel, owner of two clubs, two restaurants and one hotel believes that including the tip in the bill would confer a better monitoring of revenues while the chefs as well as the chicken staff would also benefit from it as they provide the hardest work.