# No tax on tips for house cleaners

Yes — house cleaners are on Treasury's list of tipped occupations as TTOC 407 (Home Cleaning Service Workers), so qualified tips from this work can be deducted from federal income tax, up to $25,000 a year for 2025 through 2028, reduced above $150,000 of income ($300,000 filing jointly).

Work out your deduction with the free [calculator on this page](https://rulecost.com/paycheck/no-tax-on-tips/house-cleaners/).

- Treasury Tipped Occupation Code: 407
- Category: Home services
- Share who reported tips: 2.7%
- Tips as share of pay, among those with tips: 10.6%
- Related SOC codes: 37-2012

What counts as a tip: Tips from the household count; the price of the cleaning does not. If you clean for your own clients, you are self-employed, so the deduction can’t exceed your net income from cleaning after supplies and travel.

## Sources

- [T.D. 10044: Occupations That Customarily and Regularly Received Tips; Definition of Qualified Tips (Internal Revenue Bulletin 2026-18)](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb26-18.pdf), Internal Revenue Service
- [26 U.S.C. § 224 — Qualified tips](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/224), Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School