Hello users, i have a small restaurant client - husband and wife are directors and shareholders. They would like to setup a tronc scheme for the service charges that they are collecting. The service charges are voluntary and hence as i understand, payments through Tronc will not attract NIC.
Question is - who will be the Troncmaster? The husband and wife can't be troncmaster and they have a high turnover of staff so can't appoint the head chef etc as troncmaster. They suggested that I become the Troncmaster. I have never dealt with troncs and am not sure if it is good idea to be a troncmaster. From what i read the trocnmaster is responsible for deciding and distributing the tips etc. But as I am an external accountant I can't possibly see how I could do that? But then again there are various companies offering troncmaster services so I am not sure how they are able to offer these services.
Would be great if anyone can share any tips and suggestions if they have experience running tronc or has faced similar situation.
Thanks in advance
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Who decides the rules for distributing the tips? I would suggest coming up with a scheme and running it past the current staff. Maybe start with something along the lines of 50% waiting-on staff and 50% for kitchen, then split according to hours worked.
If you are merely administering these rules, then I see no conflict in being the troncmaster.
Doesn't a number of responsibilities and potential liabilities transfer to the troncmaster? That together with the potential conflicts between staff as to what is due and no doubt many queries and lack of complete information make it something I'd not do.