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Use this form to determine an employee's federal income tax withholding. This form requires Adobe PDF Reader. If you do not have it, you may download it here.

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All employees must complete this form at the time of hire for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. This form requires Adobe PDF Reader. If you do not have it, you may download it here.

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What Is My Projected Cash Flow?

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Should I Pay Down Debt Or Invest My Monthly Surplus?

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What Is My Current Cash Flow?

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Can You Claim a Tax Deduction for Tips or Overtime Income?

If you received tips or overtime pay in 2025, you may be eligible for a new deduction when you file your income tax return. Both deductions can be claimed whether or not you itemize deductions. But various rules and limits apply. Also be aware that such income may still be fully taxable for state and local income tax purposes. And federal payroll taxes still apply to tips and overtime income you deduct for federal income tax purposes.

Deducting Tips

Eligible taxpayers can deduct up to $25,000 of annual qualified tips income. The deduction begins to phase out when modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) exceeds $150,000 ($300,000 for married couples filing jointly). It’s completely phased out when MAGI reaches $400,000 ($550,000 for joint filers).

Qualified tips can be paid by customers in cash or with credit cards or given to workers through tip-sharing arrangements. The tips deduction is available if you receive qualified tips in an occupation that’s designated by the IRS as one where tips are customary. Some examples of eligible occupation categories are beverage and food service, hospitality and guest services, personal appearance and wellness, and transportation and delivery.

The tips deduction is allowed for both employees and self-employed individuals. However, those who work in certain trades or businesses (such as health, law, accounting, financial services, investment management) are ineligible.

Deducting Overtime

Eligible taxpayers can deduct up to $12,500 of qualified overtime income ($25,000 for joint filers). The deduction begins to phase out when MAGI exceeds $150,000 ($300,000 for joint filers). It’s completely phased out when MAGI reaches $275,000 ($550,000 for joint filers).

Qualified overtime income is overtime compensation mandated under Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act. It requires time-and-a-half overtime pay except for certain exempt workers. Only the extra “half” constitutes qualified overtime income and thus is deductible.

Qualified overtime income doesn’t include overtime premiums that aren’t required by Sec. 7, such as those required under state laws or pursuant to union-negotiated collective bargaining agreements.

Reporting Requirements

Under the OBBBA, qualified tips income must be reported on Form W-2, Form 1099-NEC or another specified information return or statement furnished to both the worker and the IRS. And qualified overtime income must be reported to workers on Form W-2 or another specified information return or statement furnished to both the worker and the IRS.

However, the IRS announced that for the 2025 tax year, there will be no OBBBA-related changes to federal information returns such as Form W-2, Forms 1099 and Form 941. The IRS is providing transition relief for the 2025 tax year and will update forms for the 2026 tax year.

Contact the office for help determining your eligibility for one or both of these deductions.

Businesses: Act Soon to Take Advantage of Clean Energy Tax Incentives

While legislation signed into law in 2025 extends or enhances many tax breaks for businesses, it ends some clean energy tax incentives. Fortunately, your business may still benefit from certain clean energy breaks if it acts in the first half of 2026.

Make Building Improvements

The Section 179D deduction allows owners of new or existing commercial buildings to immediately deduct the cost of certain energy-efficient improvements rather than depreciate them over the 39-year period that typically applies. The deduction is available as long as construction begins by June 30, 2026.

The Sec. 179D deduction is available for new construction as well as additions to or renovations of commercial buildings of any size. (Multifamily residential rental buildings that are at least four stories above grade also qualify.) Eligible improvements include depreciable property installed as part of a building’s interior lighting system, HVAC and hot water systems, or the building envelope.

To be eligible, an improvement must be part of a plan designed to reduce annual energy and power costs by at least 25% relative to applicable industry standards, as certified by an independent contractor or licensed engineer. The base deduction is calculated using a sliding scale, ranging for 2026 from 59 cents per square foot for improvements that achieve 25% energy savings to $1.19 per square foot for improvements that achieve 50% energy savings.

Projects that meet specific prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements are eligible for bonus deductions. Such deductions for 2026 range from $2.97 per square foot for improvements that achieve 25% energy savings to $5.94 per square foot for improvements that achieve 50% energy savings.

Look at Vehicle-Related Breaks

The Section 45W Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle Credit is available for vehicles that were acquired on or before September 30, 2025. If your business acquired one or more eligible vehicles before that date, you may be able to claim the credit on your 2025 tax return.

And you still have time to install alternative fuel vehicle refueling property and claim a Section 30C tax credit for 2026. The credit is available for property placed in service by June 30, 2026. Property that stores or dispenses clean-burning fuel or recharges electric vehicles is eligible. The credit is worth up to $100,000 per item (each charging port, fuel dispenser or storage property).

Don’t Wait

Other clean energy breaks that might still be available to you if you act soon include the clean energy investment and production credits and the advanced manufacturing production credit. Contact the office for more information about clean-energy tax breaks and how your business might benefit.

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