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How many of you Baws utilized the 25k OT tax deduction?

Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:32 pm
Posted by TexasHand
Mississippi
Member since Sep 2013
1405 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:32 pm
Either honestly or dishonestly?
Posted by Bacon84
Texas
Member since Oct 2012
1577 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:13 pm to
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honestly


I did
Posted by pickle311
Liberty Hill TX
Member since Sep 2008
1335 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:18 pm to
How would you do it dishonestly? My W2 showed how much OT I could claim.
I don't do my own taxes so I don't know how this entry works.
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
32504 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:19 pm to
Friendly reminder to my OT OT workers: you can only claim the deduction on the extra portion. So only the extra “half” on the “time and a half”
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
156287 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:20 pm to
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How many of you Baws utilized the 25k OT tax deduction?
I tried deducting the Music Board as a dependent, but still had to pay the tax for Larry Leo's remedial English classes
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7796 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:22 pm to
This guy did. Return went up by about $6,000.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
15142 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:22 pm to
The IRS already knows what was reported on your W2. If it's not split out, you can't claim it legally. The chick that cuts my hair lost out on $3k in refunded taxes because they included taxes and tips on the same W2 line and didn't spilt it out.
Posted by Bacon84
Texas
Member since Oct 2012
1577 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:33 pm to
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guy did. Return went up by about $6,000.


I haven’t had a return in many years… I was refunded a little shy of $6k this year.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
24814 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:04 pm to
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Return went up by about $6,000.


For the love of frick can people learn the difference between a tax return and a tax refund
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
15142 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:10 pm to
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The chick that cuts my hair lost out on $3k in refunded taxes because they included taxes and tips on the same W2 line and didn't spilt it out.


Half of her income was from tips, and the salon didn't split it out, and refused to reissue W-2s. You can't legally claim it under the BBB rules. Which sort of applies to OT:
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Overtime must be reported on a Form W-2 or other specified statements.


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On your W-2, tips should be included in the wages in W-2 box 1, and shown separately in box 7. If your tips are included in box 1, but not shown separately in box 7, the W-2 is not filled out correctly.


$3k in taxes she shouldn't be paying, because HR is lazy. But OT, for some reason, has slightly different rules:
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For the 2025 tax year, your employer might report your qualified overtime compensation for the year in Box 14 of your W-2 form. You could also receive a separate statement reporting your overtime pay for the year (including if you’re self-employed). If that’s the case, you can rely on the reported amount to calculate the overtime deduction.

If your employer doesn’t use Box 14, or a separate statement reporting your overtime pay isn’t provided, you can use other records – such as earnings statements, pay stubs, invoices, or similar documents – to determine the amount of qualified overtime compensation you received in 2025 (keep those records with your other tax documents).


Can't do that for tips, because it's a BBB. You don't hate politicians enough.
Posted by LsShoeBAW68
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2021
160 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:14 pm to
You only get to deduct the “Premium time” of your overtime pay. So the amount would not be the total money you make in overtime, it’s the amount minus your base wage… so you make over 25k in overtime but you only get to write off less than half. Better than nothing I guess
Posted by TexasHand
Mississippi
Member since Sep 2013
1405 posts
Posted on 3/27/26 at 8:41 am to
Companies aren’t required to show it on a W2 this year…. The company I work for chose not to.
Posted by Tiger4life306
Member since Apr 2016
751 posts
Posted on 3/27/26 at 8:46 am to
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This post was edited on 3/27/26 at 8:49 am
Posted by F1y0n7h3W4LL
Below I-10
Member since Jul 2019
3976 posts
Posted on 3/27/26 at 8:47 am to
No clue. My tax lady will let me know.

I just now sent her my K1 and she hasn't responded.
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