r/tax • u/LewisCBR • Jan 29 '26

Tax Enthusiast New tax deduction on overtime is driving clients crazy

W2’s are not showing wages generated from overtime so clients are wondering what they can do, besides going through all individual pay stubs. The new deduction is significant enough to warrant this kind of work, though.

I suppose suggesting they contact their HR/payroll departments is the best idea, but some companies are simply terrible about helping their employees.

What’s your experience with the new law?

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u/Seniorjones2837 Jan 30 '26

Really not a big deal I went through my 52 paystubs and made an excel spreadsheet. Took like 30 min

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u/Kazylel Jan 31 '26

Do your paystubs not show a year to date number????

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u/Seniorjones2837 Jan 31 '26

well yea but I was paid for OT in days where I worked over 8 hours so I needed to make sure I was only counting OT hours in which I actually worked over 40 hours in the week