This publication is for employees who receive tips.
All tips you receive are income and are subject to federal income tax. You must include in gross income all tips you receive directly, charged tips paid to you by your employer, and your share of any tips you receive under a tip-splitting or tip-pooling arrangement.
The value of noncash tips, such as tickets, passes, or other items of value, is also income and subject to tax.
Reporting your tip income correctly is not difficult. You must do three things.
1.Keep a daily tip record.
2.Report tips to your employer.
3.Report all your tips on your income tax return.
This publication will explain these three things and show you what to do on your tax return if you have not done the first two. This publication will also show you how to treat allocated tips.
All tips you receive are income and are subject to federal income tax. You must include in gross income all tips you receive directly, charged tips paid to you by your employer, and your share of any tips you receive under a tip-splitting or tip-pooling arrangement.
The value of noncash tips, such as tickets, passes, or other items of value, is also income and subject to tax.
Reporting your tip income correctly is not difficult. You must do three things.
1.Keep a daily tip record.
2.Report tips to your employer.
3.Report all your tips on your income tax return.
This publication will explain these three things and show you what to do on your tax return if you have not done the first two. This publication will also show you how to treat allocated tips.
