Traditional pool limited to customarily tipped occupations when tip credit taken
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- Research: Tipped wage and tip credit
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
How to Pool Tips Legally
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Claims checked against research tipped-wage-and-tip-credit / Fact Sheet #15 / §203(m)(2)(B). All ✓ Verified.
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Nontraditional pool may include BOH if full cash MW and no tip credit
- Source (primary)
- Research: Tipped wage and tip credit
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
Managers/supervisors/employer may not keep employee tips; direct sole-service exception for managers
- Source (primary)
- Research: Tipped wage and tip credit
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
No federal percentage cap on valid pool contribution; payday redistribution timing
- Source (primary)
- Research: Tipped wage and tip credit
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
Compulsory service charges are not tips
- Source (primary)
- Research: Tipped wage and tip credit
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
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