OBBBA 2026 · "No Tax on Tips" · Beta opens Summer 2026

The "No Tax on Tips" rules made tip reporting mandatory again.
We generate IRS Form 8027 — and the 8% allocation — for you.

If you have 10 or more tipped employees, Form 8027 is a federal requirement. The IRS waived penalties for 2025 only — for tax years 2026 through 2028, filing is mandatory and there's no cap on intentional-disregard penalties. TipCompliance does the tracking, the math, and the form. No spreadsheets.

TipCompliance produces your tip figures and Form 8027. Your payroll provider files the W-2; your CPA signs off. We're the tool, not the filer.

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The problem with the status quo

Form 8027 is one of the most overlooked compliance requirements in the restaurant industry.

Whether you file it by hand, outsource it, or didn't know it existed — there's a better way.

Most common filing method: by hand

Most restaurants still reconcile tips manually — spreadsheets, paper, or the bookkeeper sorting it out at year-end. It works until it doesn't.

10+

Tipped employees = required to file

Employ 10 or more tipped workers and Form 8027 is federally required — not optional, not discretionary. For 2026 there's no penalty relief to fall back on.

2026

The rules just got teeth

OBBBA's "No Tax on Tips" provisions made tip reporting unavoidable for the 2026 tax year. Whatever your process looks like today, now is the time to look again.

How it works

From raw tip data to an IRS-ready Form 8027 — in three steps.

No spreadsheets. No manual math. No missed deadlines.

Connect your POS

Sync tip and sales data from Toast, Square, Clover, or Aloha — or import a CSV. Setup takes under 10 minutes.

We handle the math

TipCompliance monitors the 8% threshold, runs the allocation across your employees, and flags issues in real time.

Download Form 8027

Get an IRS-ready PDF in one click. Review, sign, and file — or hand it to your CPA. Zero transcription.

Built for the new tip rules

We don't file your W-2 — we give payroll the numbers it can't get anywhere else.

The "No Tax on Tips" deduction created new figures your POS doesn't calculate and your payroll system can't source. TipCompliance produces them from the tip data you already have.

Qualified-tip determination

We separate voluntary tips from service charges — the basis for the new W-2 Box 12 tip figure that payroll needs but can't compute on its own.

Tipped Occupation Code (Box 14b)

We map each employee's role to the Treasury's published occupation-code list and flag roles that don't qualify for the deduction.

Payroll handoff report

A clean, per-employee export you hand to Gusto, ADP, or your payroll provider. We supply the figures; they file them.

Diagram showing TipCompliance feeding qualified tip figures and TTOC codes to payroll, which files W-2 and Form 8027

TipCompliance is a complement to payroll, never a replacement. W-2 generation and Box 12 filing stay with your payroll provider — exactly where they belong.

Built for restaurant operators

Everything you need for tip compliance — and nothing you don't.

Purpose-built for restaurant tip reporting. Not a generic accounting suite with compliance bolted on.

Real-time 8% monitoring

Alerts when reported tips fall below the IRS 8% threshold — before it's a problem at filing time.

One-click Form 8027

Most tools make you fill it out by hand. TipCompliance produces a correctly filled, review-ready Form 8027 PDF for you — built for OBBBA 2026.

IRS-approved allocation

Calculates the shortfall allocation by gross receipts or hours worked, and exports each employee's W-2 Box 8 amount.

POS integrations

Native connections to Toast, Square, Clover, and Aloha. CSV import for anything else.

Multi-location dashboard

Manage compliance across every location from one place. Built for groups and franchises.

4-year audit-ready records

Every calculation logged and timestamped, retained for four years. If the IRS ever asks, it's organized and ready.

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Beta opens Summer 2026. Join now to get early access and help shape the product.

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The "No Tax on Tips" rules made tip reporting mandatory again. We generate IRS Form 8027 — and the 8% allocation — for you.