@Opus 17 wrote:
As a tipped employee, you are required to report your tips to your employer daily.
@Genesisf
You are required to report your tips to your employer monthly, or more often if the employer requires it.
"When to Report Tips to Your Employer
"Employees must report tips to the employer by the 10th of the month after the month the tips are received. For example, tips received by an employee in August 2020 are required to be reported by the employee to the employer on or before September 10, 2020. . . . An employer may require employees to report tips more than once a month; however, the statement cannot cover a period of more than 1 calendar month."
However, if you are being paid cash "under the table," without a W-2, you are not an employee. The restaurant is treating you as self-employed. In that case you are not required to report your tips to the restaurant, because they are not your employer. The tips are self-employment income. You report it as business income on your tax return.
