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Battalion/Page 11 February 10, 1983 Arms negotiations encourage Reagan before ion. Bend Med :, gsfreeft -ontrol ' 36, al iberg. >( i Barns! nation “turn to • and kill all the fi presum haw ed comma United Press International WASHINGTON —President Reagan told Congress Wednes day that the administration is encouraged by the “serious and businesslike conduct” of arms reduction negotiations current ly in progress with the Soviet Union but “hard bargaining lies ahead.” In an annual report on the 1982 activities of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Reagan said, “We do not seek agreements for their own sake; we seek them to build international security and sta bility.” “This administration’s reduc tions proposals for strategic and intermediate-range nuclear forces and for conventional forces reflect this approach," Reagan said. “We are encouraged by the serious and businesslike conduct of these negotiations thus far,” Reagan said. ew tax regulation endangers tipping HELICOPTER FLIGHT INSTRUCTION filers United Press International WASHINGTON — The new ax law forcing restaurateurs to port employee’s tips to federal tax collectors is causing a “crip pling disruption” of the food in dustry, waitresses and their bos hes say. bis bill is« “Tipping has always been futurewcJM st B* ‘ s a voluntary act be- itv." fteen the waiter person and the an poJ^tomer. Where is there a law uationwkj or contract a person must or will tageofarB ave a tip?” waitress Isabel workir T 1181 asked Internal Revenue for (her® nice and Treasury Depart- hat wasiB^ 111 officials at a hearing Tues- i said. By- B The new regulation generally forces restaurants to report as _ -JBxable income 8 percent of (J their employee’s gross revenues. I “I don’t appreciate when I • have to go to my boss and say: | 1 / Yj ’Boss, 1 only made $20 when 8 l I vi percent of my total sales for that dav is $30,” Faust said. The IRS says the rule only the weaill re amoumf part i nent ( Jakes it easier for the IRS to monitor taxes which should al ways have been paid and does “not affect the tax on tip income, only the information.” Effec tively, however, it raises taxes for waiters and waitresses who had been underreporting their tips previously. Accountants and representa tives of some of the largest chains of motels and restaurants cited a large number of prob lems to buttress their claim the reporting rule was far too com plex to be understood by the people affected. Some restaurants, one witness said, were switching to buffet dinners to eliminate tips, while others automatically were ap plying an additional 8 percent to bills. A string of other witnesses told officials that Congress and the agency did not anticipate the problems the rule would cause. “The effect of this regulation is to create distrust and strife be tween worker and worker as well as worker and management,” said Michael O’Neal, represent ing the National Restaurant Association. “We are already hearing stories about crippling disruptions of employee re lationships in previously harmo nious establishments. Faust, a waitress for whom fellow workers raised the airfare to Washington from Marysville, Calif., called the regulation “our obituary.” She was one of 25 wit nesses before the hearing that drew a crowd at an IRS au ditorium Tuesday. Faust said she was not object ing to paying whatever taxes were due but the regulation, re quired by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 ; was “very un-American. I don’t believe this can happen in this country.” She was answered with ap plause in the crowded IRS audi torium. The four IRS and Treasury Department hearing officers made no comment but will con sider the comments when draft ing permanent regulations. t month he waterl hi Id bell ED SINCE 0 WEST fE’RE BE! 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