{
  "id": 16056951,
  "title": "USA: Laws, lawsuits, tax benefits – America argues about tips",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/usa-gesetze-klagen-steuervorteil-so-streitet-amerika-uber-trinkgeld-16056951",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T14:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/gastronomie-es-sollte-den-kunden-ueberlassen-sein-ob-sie-trinkgeld-geben-wollen-01/100261411.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A café in New York called Monkey Cup is bucking the trend of digital tipping by not offering Wi-Fi to its customers. Instead, it encourages guests to read a book and interact with others. However, when it comes time to pay, customers are presented with a tablet that suggests tip amounts of $1, $3, and $5. The café's approach to tipping is part of a larger debate in the US, where some cities like New York are passing laws that require delivery apps to ask customers for tips, while others, like President Donald Trump, are promoting tax benefits for tipped workers.",
  "summary": "Robot baristas are asking for tips, New York is forcing delivery apps to check. In America, voluntary thanks are becoming a matter of power and are keeping courts busy - with a signalling effect for Germany.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}