wages and tips
Tips are counted as part of your income. You must report your tips so that it will be included into your gross amount. If you do not claim cash tips the IRS has the right to charge you back up pay to the IRS. It is considered FRAUD to not account for your cash tips. So your friend is correct.
Gross total income
Gross total income
No. Gross pay is the amount before tax, and Nett is the amount after tax has been deducted, so nett is smaller than gross. There is a similar theme in tins of beans. The gross weight is that with the weight of the tin included, the nett the weight of the beans themselves.
Gross sales does not include tips, only money directly from sales. However, total gross receipts does include tips, usually figured to be about 8 percent or the total.
Gross pay is the amount of your earnings, wages, salary, tips, etc before any withholding is calculated to be withheld from the gross pay to equal what your net take home pay will be in your paycheck that will be issued to you. You should get this information from your employer payroll department as they will be the one that would know how much FICA, federal income tax, state income, local taxes, etc that they will have to withhold from your hourly pay or gross pay for the pay period. After the withheld amount for all taxes is subtracted from your gross wages (earned income) your paycheck will be issued for the net amount of your earning (wages).
gross pay: the amount made before taxesnet pay: the amount after subtracting taxes and benefit from your gross pay
are garnishments calculated by gross pay or net pay
Tips are not exempt from garnishment if they are included in a person's hourly pay. A garnishment can take up to 2/3 of a person's income in some states and over 3/4 in others.
Gross pay is what your pay is before tax deductions.
The gross pay out consists the total pay out that an individual could receive, without deductions coming from taxes, other benefits, etc. The gross pay out includes the individuals' basic pay + the benefits + deductions that will be rendered once the gross pay out is computed.