Treasury Regulations (26 C.F.R.)
26 CFR § 31.3121(q)-1
Tips included for employee taxes.
# (a) In general.
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, tips received after 1965 by an employee in the course of his employment shall be considered remuneration for employment. (For definition of the term “employee” see 3121(d) and § 31.3121(d)-1.) Tips reported by an employee to his employer in a written statement furnished to the employer pursuant to section 6053(a) (see § 31.6053-1) shall be deemed to be paid to the employee at the time the written statement is furnished to the employer. Tips received by an employee which are not reported to his employer in a written statement furnished pursuant to section 6053(a) shall be deemed to be paid to the employee at the time the tips are actually received by the employee. For provisions relating to the collection of employee tax in respect of tips from the employee, see § 31.3102-3.
# (b) Tips not included for employer taxes.
Tips received after 1965 by an employee in the course of his employment do not constitute remuneration for employment for purposes of computing wages subject to the taxes imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of section 3111.
# (c) Tips received by an employee in course of his employment.
Tips are considered to be received by an employee in the course of his employment for an employer regardless of whether the tips are received by the employee from a person other than his employer or are paid to the employee by the employer. However, only those tips which are received by an employee on his own behalf (as distinguished from tips received on behalf of another employee) shall be considered as remuneration paid to the employee. Thus, where employees practice tip splitting (for example, where waiters pay a portion of the tips received by them to the busboys), each employee who receives a portion of a tip left by a customer of the employer is considered to have received tips in the course of his employment.
# (d) Computation of annual wage limitation.
In connection with the application of the annual wage limitation (see § 31.3121(a)(1)-1), tips reported by an employee to his employer in a written statement furnished to the employer pursuant to section 6053(a) shall be taken into account for purposes of the tax imposed by section 3101. However, since tips received by an employee in the course of his employment do not constitute remuneration for employment for purposes of the tax imposed by section 3111, they are disregarded for purposes of the annual wage limitation in respect of such tax. Accordingly, separate computations for purposes of the annual wage limitation may be required in respect of an employee who receives tips. The provisions of this paragraph may be illustrated by the following example:
Example.
During 1966, A is employed as a waiter by X restaurant and is paid wages by X restaurant at the rate of $100 a week. At the end of October 1966, A has been paid weekly wages in the amount of $4,300 and has reported tips in the amount of $2,200. On November 6, 1966, A is paid an additional week's wages in the amount of $100 and on November 9, 1966, A furnishes X restaurant a report of tips actually received by him during October. The annual wage limitation of $6,600 (weekly wages of $4,400 ($4,300 plus $100) and tips of $2,200) had been reached for purposes of the tax imposed by section 3101 prior to November 9 and, accordingly, no portion of the tips included in the report furnished on that date constitutes wages. However, since tips do not constitute remuneration for employment for purposes of the tax imposed by section 3111, the weekly wages paid to A during the remainder of 1966 will be subject to the tax imposed by section 3111.
[T.D. 7001, 34 FR 1000, Jan. 23, 1969]
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In this part (40 sections)
- 31.3121(b)(15)-1 · Services in employ of international organization.
- 31.3121(b)(16)-1 · Services performed under share-farming arrangement.
- 31.3121(b)(17)-1 · Services in employ of Communist organization.
- 31.3121(b)(18)-1 · Services performed by a resident of the Republic of…
- 31.3121(b)(19)-1 · Services of certain nonresident aliens.
- 31.3121(b)(20)-1 · Service performed on a boat engaged in catching fish.
- 31.3121(c)-1 · Included and excluded services.
- 31.3121(d)-1 · Who are employees.
- 31.3121(d)-2 · Who are employers.
- 31.3121(e)-1 · State, United States, and citizen.
- 31.3121(f)-1 · American vessel and aircraft.
- 31.3121(g)-1 · Agricultural labor.
- 31.3121(h)-1 · American employer.
- 31.3121(i)-1 · Computation to nearest dollar of cash remuneration for…
- 31.3121(i)-2 · Computation of remuneration for service performed by an…
- 31.3121(i)-3 · Computation of remuneration for service performed by an…
- 31.3121(i)-4 · Computation of remuneration for service performed by…
- 31.3121(j)-1 · Covered transportation service.
- 31.3121(l)-1 · Agreements entered into by domestic corporations with…
- 31.3121(o)-1 · Crew leader.
- 31.3121(q)-1 · Tips included for employee taxes.
- 31.3121(r)-1 · Election of coverage by religious orders.
- 31.3121(s)-1 · Concurrent employment by related corporations with…
- 31.3121(v)(2)-1 · Treatment of amounts deferred under certain…
- 31.3121(v)(2)-2 · Effective dates and transition rules.
- 31.3123-1 · Deductions by an employer from remuneration of an employee.
- 31.3127-1 · Exemption for employers and their employees if both are…
- 31.3131-1 · Recapture of credits.
- 31.3132-1 · Recapture of credits.
- 31.3134-1 · Recapture of credits.
- 31.3201-1 · Measure of employee tax.
- 31.3201-2 · Rates and computation of employee tax.
- 31.3202-1 · Collection of, and liability for, employee tax.
- 31.3211-1 · Measure of employee representative tax.
- 31.3211-2 · Rates and computation of employee representative tax.
- 31.3211-3 · Employee representative supplemental tax.
- 31.3212-1 · Determination of compensation.
- 31.3221-1 · Measure of employer tax.
- 31.3221-2 · Rates and computation of employer tax.
- 31.3221-3 · Supplemental tax.