A practical 2026 employer guide to qualified tip reporting, Treasury Tipped Occupation Codes, W-2 code TP, service-charge classification, payroll controls, and year-end validation.

Connect the separation event to wages due and a workable payment route. Includes four state timing examples, a worked gross-pay case and a copyable Final Pay Dispatch Record.

Follow an employee expense from substantiation to payment, excess return and reporting. Includes worked advance examples and a copyable Employee Reimbursement Settlement Record.

Trace qualified overtime from the FLSA workweek to paid premiums and W-2 Code TT. Includes worked calculations, correction steps and an Overtime Reporting Bridge.