My employer reports 100 percent of my tips to the IRS. But I don't take everything home as I tip out my staff about 75-100 a day. Is there a way to ammendment my income?

[NCperson]

@christianm1234 - you are a W-2 employee? 

[rjs]

There is no way to deduct tip-outs on your tax return. When you report your tips to your employer, you are supposed to report only the amount you actually kept, after subtracting tip-outs. Then your employer reports only the amount you kept to the IRS. The amount you tipped out should not be included in your W-2. If your W-2 includes the full amount of tips that you received, before subtracting tip-outs, you should ask your employer to issue a corrected W-2 that does not include the amount you tipped out.

You should read IRS Publication 531, Reporting Tip Income, for all the details of how to report tips.

[fanfare]

It is the employer who is supposed to subtract tip-outs from your W-2 gross tips.

Many employers refuse to do this.