Systems and methods for managing tips and gratuities
First Claim
1. A method for managing tips comprising the steps of:
- receiving at least one first declared value of at least one of the group consisting of cash tips, non-cash tips, cash gratuities, non-cash gratuities, and combinations thereof from at least one employee;
receiving at least one second declared value of tipouts from said at least one employee;
receiving at least one primary peripheral tip data selected from the group consisting of non-cash sales data, cash sales data, non-cash tips, credit card gratuities, data regarding hours worked by said at least one employee, meal period data, task data, and combinations thereof; and
generating at least one report analyzing said at least one first declared value and said at least one second declared value in relation to said at least one primary peripheral tip data.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for recording, maintaining, and reporting tips and gratuities, optionally including details such as employee, task performed, and shift. In one aspect, inter-employee tip and gratuity transactions are tracked and verified. In another aspect, taxing authority forms and/or returns are automatically generated with substantially decreased administration time and cost, thereby facilitating a user'"'"'s participation in voluntary taxing authority programs. Additionally, the training required by such programs is automatically monitored. In yet another aspect, tips and/or gratuities may be paid as wages. In another aspect of the present invention, employees are provided an opportunity to increase declared tips if the originally declared tips place employee in jeopardy of an audit. In another aspect, interfaces to third-party systems such as POS systems, payroll systems, and the like are provided to further minimize system administration time and data accuracy. In another aspect, Web-based systems are provided.
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104 Claims
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1. A method for managing tips comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one first declared value of at least one of the group consisting of cash tips, non-cash tips, cash gratuities, non-cash gratuities, and combinations thereof from at least one employee; receiving at least one second declared value of tipouts from said at least one employee; receiving at least one primary peripheral tip data selected from the group consisting of non-cash sales data, cash sales data, non-cash tips, credit card gratuities, data regarding hours worked by said at least one employee, meal period data, task data, and combinations thereof; and generating at least one report analyzing said at least one first declared value and said at least one second declared value in relation to said at least one primary peripheral tip data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for managing tipouts comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one tipout provided to at least one first employee from at least one second employee; verifying at least a portion of said at least one tipout; and providing said at least one tipout to said at least one first employee. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for managing tipouts comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one tipout provided to at least one first employee from at least one second employee; verifying at least a portion of said at least one tipout; recording a tipout value of said at least one tipout; placing said at least a portion of said at least one tipout in at least one secure location; and providing said at least one tipout to said at least one first employee. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A system for managing tips comprising:
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at least one software program, said at least one software program configured to accept at least one first declared value of at least one of the group consisting of cash tips, non-cash tips, cash gratuities, non-cash gratuities, and combinations thereof from at least one employee, said at least one software program configured to accept at least one second declared value of tipouts, and said at least one software program configured to accept at least one primary peripheral tip data selected from the group consisting of non-cash sales data, cash sales data, non-cash tips, non-cash gratuities, data regarding hours worked by said at least one employee, meal period data, task data, and combinations thereof; at least one processing unit for executing said software program; and at least one user interface coupled to said at least one processing unit for entering said at least one first declared value, said at least one second declared value, and said at least one primary peripheral tip data for manipulation by said at least one software program; wherein said processing unit generates at least one report analyzing said at least one first declared value and said at least one second declared value in relation to said at least one primary peripheral tip data. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
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81. A system for managing tipouts comprising:
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at least one software program, said at least one software program configured to accept at least one tipout value of at least one tipout provided to at least one first employee from at least one second employee; at least one processing unit for executing said software program; and at least one user interface coupled to said at least one processing unit for entering said at least one tipout value of said at least one tipout for a purpose selected from the group consisting of recording said tipout value, tracking said tipout value, manipulating said tipout value, reporting said tipout value, validating said tipout value, processing said at least one tipout, and combinations thereof by said at least one software program. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 87, 90, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104)
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