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If the amount represents your self employment income you don’t have to separate the bonus component. It’s all self employment income.
Q. How do I delineate the bonus amount from the normal payments so the right tax rate is applied to each?
A. You don't delineate the two amounts.
When W-2 employees are paid a bonus, or lump sum (e.g. severance) their employers are required to withhold federal tax at a higher rate. But, at actual tax filing time, it is all taxed the same. A higher rate may be applied to the top of the total, as the taxpayer is pushed into a higher bracket, but no distinction is made between normal wages/salary and bonus.
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