Treasury and IRS recently issued final regulations on the “No Tax on Tips” deduction. These regulations list more than 70 occupations from tipped workers, to bartenders and water taxi operators.
Qualified tips must meet these requirements:
- Must be received from customers through a mandatory or voluntary tip-sharing arrangement
- Must be paid voluntarily by the customer and not subject to negotiation
- Doesn’t include service charges unless the customer has an option to disregard or modify the service charge
Taxpayers can only take the deduction for qualified tips included on Form W-2, Form 1099-NEC, Form 1099-MISC, Form 1099-K, or reported on Form 4137.
Gig workers and other self-employed individuals may qualify for this deduction if their job is on the approved list of tip-earning occupations and they meet the other requirements. Additionally, the new law limits the deduction for self-employed individuals to their net income.
For more information about the One, Big, Beautiful Bill, visit the provisions page on IRS.gov.
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