How do you evaluate bonus comp compared to salary? Do you take into account the tax implications?

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What tax implications? It’s all the same.

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Well bonus isn’t guaranteed which is the big difference. As most Americans found out this year

I assume I receive no bonus when evaluating a job offer. Anything I get is gravy. The tax implication is that I pay tax on it at my marginal rate so ... yes? I guess I think about it net of tax.

Is the question in terms of evaluating a job offer or for financial planning?

For financial planning - Bonus comes once a year. So if a week before that happens you quit, get fired, etc. you get none of it even though you worked the entire year. I try to treat bonus as surprise one-time cash inflows not regular income. Meaning I budget my ongoing expenses based on salary but once I receive a bonus I may add to savings and/or use it for a one-time discretionary purpose (home upgrade, vacation, etc)

A bit of both. In evaluating job offers - how would you compare salary compared to bonus? And financially are there drawbacks other than the timing and the certainty.

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