4070 Employee’s Report of Tips to Employer

Form 4070
(Rev. August 2005)

Employee’s Report
of Tips to Employer

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

OMB No. 1545-0074

Employee’s name and address

Social security number

Employer’s name and address (include establishment name, if different)

1 Cash tips received

2 Credit and debit card tips received

3 Tips paid out

Month or shorter period in which tips were received
from

,

, to

4 Net tips (lines 1 + 2 - 3)
,

Signature

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Date

Cat. No. 41320P

Form

4070

(Rev. 8-2005)

Purpose. Use this form to report tips you receive to
your employer. This includes cash tips, tips you
receive from other employees, and debit and credit
card tips. You must report tips every month
regardless of your total wages and tips for the year.
However, you do not have to report tips to your
employer for any month you received less than $20 in
tips while working for that employer.
Report tips by the 10th day of the month following
the month that you receive them. If the 10th day is a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, report tips by the
next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
holiday.
See Pub. 531, Reporting Tip Income, for more
details.
You can get additional copies of Pub. 1244,
Employee’s Daily Record of Tips and Report to
Employer, which contains both Forms 4070A and
4070, by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676)
or by downloading the pub from the IRS website at
www.irs.gov.

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