For those who have had their weddings at a hotel, did you get charged a sales tax and service charge? It’s about 6 percent for sales here and 21 percent for service charge.. does that apply to the ENTIRE cost or just the beverage/waitstaff service?
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That's pretty typical.
Sales tax where I live is 10%, so all the hotels I'm looking at will be charging 30% extra for tax and service charges. Typically, at most hotels you're paying a flat fee per guest that covers rent (including tables, china, etc), food, and bar service...and the 30% surcharge is applied to that.
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The one I have booked has a fixed rental charge for the ballroom, and then seperate for waitstaff (per 25 guests), beverage, etc etc. I am just confused about the 21 percent service charge, does that apply to only waitstaff and beverage or the ballroom charge as well?
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thats pretty typical. double check with the banquet manager to know the exact charges. most places will charge a fixed rate per person for the halls, in which case the service charge is on the entire tab.
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Which place and hotels are u ppl talking about?????
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You guys are not understanding my question 
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Almost always service and tax charges include everything (meaning the hotel, staff, beverage and even food if that's included). the only other extra thing you would have to pay is on the day of the wedding to the maitre d' (that's totally up to you but it's customary to do it).
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Yeah service charge + tax usually applies to the entire total. So the tax and service charge should be 27% of your total.
For those who have had their weddings at a hotel, did you get charged a sales tax and service charge? It's about 6 percent for sales here and 21 percent for service charge.. does that apply to the ENTIRE cost or just the beverage/waitstaff service?
of ppl x 21%service x % 6 sales tax
and its for the entire cost--the tables, chairs, dinnerware, waiters, beverage (though some hotels charge separately for bevarage so find out).
of ppl x 21%service x % 6 sales tax
and its for the entire cost--the tables, chairs, dinnerware, waiters, beverage (though some hotels charge separately for bevarage so find out).
that sounds about right...except...the chairs and the linen will be pretty standard/generic...upgrades for linen, chairs, dinnerware, glassware, are extra..
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^these are all extra little things that you pay extra for...but the tax + service charge will include these things once everything is finalized on the contract.
BTW, one great way to avoid tax is to pay for everything in tax. I've paid in cash for almost everything including hall, photog, florist, decorator etc. Tax on all these things really adds up and in the end it's worth it in my opinion.