20% of my tips/wages from one job were tipped out to other employees and not my money, how do I account for that?

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You are not supposed to report tipped out wages to your employer. You should only report the amount you kept, and that amount should be on your W-2. There is no tax procedure to deduct them on your tax return after you have included them in your W-2. You can try asking your employer for a corrected W-2.

See this https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p531.pdf

And see this https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-access/f4070_accessible.pdf