Damerly Company (a Utah employer) wants to give a holiday bonus check of $350 to each employee. Since it wants the check amount to be $350, it will need to gross-up the amount of the bonus. Calculate the withholding taxes and the gross amount of the bonus to be made to John Rolen if his cumulative earnings for the year are $46,910. Besides being subject to social security taxes and federal income tax (supplemental rate), a 4.95% Utah income tax must be withheld on supplemental payments.

As we go to press, the federal income tax rates for 2023 are being determined by budget talks in Washington, and are not available for publication. For this edition, the 2022 federal income tax tables for Manual Systems with Forms W-4 from 2020 or Later with Standard Withholding and 2022 FICA rates have been used.

Gross bonus amount Federal income tax withheld OASDI tax withheld HI tax withheld Utah income tax withheld Take-home bonus check 33.21 7.77x 26.78x