Originally posted by McDave: Tipping in the USA is complicated. I was about to say that you never need to tip a self-employed person, but then I remembered taxi drivers, who are often self-employed. I'm a self employed CPA, and people have even tipped me, and I've never turned it down! I would think that a taxidermist is a professional, like me, and doesn't expect a tip. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't appreciate it when he get's one!