W-2 code TP and box 14b, from your tips export
Drop tips by employee and job. Tipcode totals each employee's cash tips reported for box 12 code TP and picks their box 14b Treasury Tipped Occupation Codes from the IRS list of 71 — two at most, with 000 when a job doesn't qualify. It runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
How it works
- Drop your tips export (CSV or Excel) — or try the sample, or download the template.
- Check the occupation code suggested for each job and change any that don't fit the job's duties.
- Read code TP and box 14b for each employee, then print the summary. With Pro, see every employee and download the W-2 TP and 14b CSV, tips by month and the Excel workbook.
Why Tipcode
For restaurant, bar, salon and hospitality owners, payroll admins, bookkeepers and accountants preparing 2026 Forms W-2 under the no-tax-on-tips rules.
From your POS or payroll export
Drop a CSV or Excel file of tips by employee and job: cash and charged tips, tip share received and paid out. Several files and sheets are combined.
Code TP per employee
Total cash tips reported to you — charged tips and tip-share included, mandatory service charges left out — for the year the tips were reported, never capped at $25,000.
Box 14b occupation codes
Each job title is matched to one of the Treasury's 71 tipped occupation codes, with the reason shown. Change any match, or set 000 for a job that isn't on the list.
The two-code rule, done for you
Up to two codes per employee, by tips received — and 000 kept whenever any tips came from a nonqualifying job, as the W-2 instructions require.
Checks before you file
Jobs with no code, staff in three or more tipped jobs, service charges, negative tip-outs, months under $20, duplicates, and rows from another year.
Ready for payroll
Pro exports a W-2 code TP and box 14b CSV for your payroll provider or W-2 software, tips by month, and an Excel workbook for your files.
Simple pricing
Free for the totals, occupation codes and every check. Pro for every employee, the W-2 TP and 14b CSV and the workbook.
Free
- Import any number of employees
- Code TP total, occupation codes and every check
- First 5 employees itemized on screen and in print, with a footer
- No signup, nothing uploaded
7-day pass
- 7 days of Pro, no subscription
- Every employee, printed with no footer
- W-2 TP/14b CSV, tips by month, Excel workbook
- For W-2 season
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- Every employer, every client
- Check tips every pay period
- All exports
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Tools & guides
- W-2 box 12 code TP calculator
- Box 14b tipped occupation codes, job by job
- Treasury Tipped Occupation Codes (TTOC) — the Full List of 71
- Code TP: Tip-Sharing, Charged Tips and Service Charges
- 2026 W-2s With Code TP Are Due February 1, 2027
- Code TP and box 14b tools: prices and scope
- Code TP and box 14b without uploading payroll
- Box 12 TP and 14b from the export you already have
FAQ
What does Tipcode do?
It reads tip records by employee and job from a POS or payroll export and works out the two new 2026 Form W-2 tip entries for each employee: box 12 code TP (total cash tips reported to the employer) and box 14b (the Treasury Tipped Occupation Code or codes). It doesn't run payroll and doesn't file anything.
Is my data uploaded?
No. Your file is read by JavaScript in your browser tab and never sent to us or anyone else. The data isn't stored, so closing the tab clears it. Your settings and occupation-code choices (job title → code) can be saved in this browser.
Which files can I use?
CSV, tab-separated or Excel with one row per employee per shift, day or pay period: employee, the date the tips were reported, job, and cash and charged tips (or one tips column). Tip share received and paid out, a TTOC column and service charges are optional. Download the template to see the layout.
What goes in code TP?
The total cash tips the employee reported to you for the year. In IRS usage “cash tips” include tips paid by card and tips received through tip-sharing; mandatory service charges and auto-gratuities are wages, not tips. Report the full amount even above $25,000 — that limit applies only to the employee's own deduction.
How are box 14b codes chosen?
Each job title is matched to the IRS list of 71 occupations that customarily and regularly received tips, using the list's titles and examples (server → 102, bartender → 101, busser or bar back → 104, host → 109 …). Up to two codes per employee, by tips received; if any tips came from a job that isn't on the list, 000 must be one of the two. You can override any match.
What's free?
Importing any number of employees, the code TP total, the occupation-code table and every check, plus the first 5 employees itemized on screen and in print (with a footer). Pro itemizes every employee and exports the W-2 TP and 14b CSV, tips by month and the Excel workbook.
What isn't covered?
Code TT qualified overtime (see Halftally), the Form 8027 8% allocation (see Allotip), state reporting, deciding whether a tip is a qualified tip for the employee's deduction, and e-filing. Confirm your payroll provider's import format.
Is this tax advice?
No. Tipcode applies the 2026 General Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3 and the IRS tipped-occupation list to the data you provide. Ask your tax adviser or payroll provider what applies to you.