Because tips are income, they need to be reported on your tax return. Normally, you would report your tips to your employer, who then includes them on your W-2. Whether included on your W-2 or not, enter your tips in TurboTax with the employer's W-2.
Enter your tips with the employer's W-2
To enter your tips:
- Open or continue your return in TurboTax, if you aren't already in it
- Search for W-2 and select the Jump to link in the search results
- If that employer's W-2 was already entered on the Your W-2 info so far screen, select Edit next to that employer
- If you haven't entered that W-2 yet, follow the on-screen instructions or select the Add a W-2 button to add the employer
- Enter information from the W-2 as needed and select Continue until you reach the Let's check for uncommon situations screen
- Select the box for Unreported tips and select Continue
- On the Now let's enter your unreported tips screen, enter the amount of your tips
How do I enter unreported tips? (click here for more information)
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