Get 2011 Form 8846

Certain food and beverage employers (see Who Should File below) use Form 8846 to claim a credit for social security and Medicare taxes paid or incurred by the employer on certain employees' tips. The credit is part of the general business credit.

Certain food and beverage employers (see Who Should File below) use Form 8846 to claim a credit for social security and Medicare taxes paid or incurred by the employer on certain employees' tips. The credit is part of the general business credit.

2. The FICA tip credit is included on the employer's tax return as part of the General Business Tax Credit, a nonrefundable credit that can't reduce a tax liability below $0. Unused portions of the credit can be carried forward to future years.

How to Calculate the Credit Multiply the employee hours worked by the federal minimum wage. rate ($7.25 per hour in 2022) in the year of payment to determine the employee's federal minimum wage amount. Subtract the actual wages paid to the employee to determine the amount of tips not eligible for credit.

Line 5 of the 8846 is for the credit for employer-paid FICA and Medicare taxes on tips.

Eligibility for FICA Tip Credit in CA Second, you must have paid employer Social Security or Medicare taxes on the tips they received. Additionally, you must be an employer paying minimum wage to your employees and must be part of the food and beverage business community.

The FICA tip credit is a general business tax credit available to food and beverage establishments for the social security and Medicare, also known as FICA, taxes they pay on their employees' tip income. This is claimed on Form 8846: Credit for Employer Social Security and Medicare Taxes Paid on Certain Employee Tips.

See Publication 334, Tax Guide for Small Business (For Individuals Who Use Schedule C) for more information. You have to file an income tax return if your net earnings from self-employment were $400 or more.