topic Is bonus money taxed different than regular income? I got a $5,000 bonus this year and did not pay taxes on the same -- is this in a different tax category than normal? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/is-bonus-money-taxed-different-than-regular-income-i-got-a-5-000-bonus-this-year-and-did-not-pay/01/66333#M27974 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:04:35 GMT brookelinn86 2019-06-01T02:04:35Z Is bonus money taxed different than regular income? I got a $5,000 bonus this year and did not pay taxes on the same -- is this in a different tax category than normal? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/is-bonus-money-taxed-different-than-regular-income-i-got-a-5-000-bonus-this-year-and-did-not-pay/01/66333#M27974 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:04:35 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/is-bonus-money-taxed-different-than-regular-income-i-got-a-5-000-bonus-this-year-and-did-not-pay/01/66333#M27974 brookelinn86 2019-06-01T02:04:35Z No, the bonus is added to your other income and is taxed... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/no-the-bonus-is-added-to-your-other-income-and-is-taxed/01/66344#M27982 <P>No, the bonus is added to your other income and is taxed just as your other income is taxed....on a graduated scale.</P><P>But employers are allowed several method in determining the appropriate withholding from a bonus. &nbsp;See this article for details:</P><P> <A href="http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/income-and-investments/bonus-time-how-bonuses-are-taxed-and-treated-by-the-irs-8003/" target="_blank">http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/income-and-investments/bonus-time-how-bonuses-are-taxed-and-treated-...</A> <BR /> </P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:04:36 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/no-the-bonus-is-added-to-your-other-income-and-is-taxed/01/66344#M27982 re2boys 2019-06-01T02:04:36Z