Rookersh posted:

It was my first tip based job, and I didn't know I had to sign off on tips. He knew how much I was making as he asked me several times how the money was at my store tipwise ( since I personally managed it. ) At no point did he inform me I had to fill out tip slips, he never gave me any TO fill out, and the when I asked about tipped wage when I got my first W-2, he told me he took care of it/it was already properly set up in the W-2.

I was always terrified of W-2s, so I didn't take a close look at the tip income section until a few days ago. Before that I just sent it to a tax form company, they told me how much I'd get back, I said that'd be great, and went on my merry way.

I plan to fix this with the IRS as soon as I get back on my feet. I'm just wondering if there is any sort of "Hey you weren't given the basic rundown of how this poo poo works, and your boss threw you under the bus because of it. Since you didn't know/the gain is so small we will just let this slide for now." clause for people who are naive enough to believe their first boss when they get told everything taxwise is under control.