Georgia
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Use the revised Georgia supplemental method with federal deductions and your actual bonus payment date.

Your cash bonus

Gross bonus ($)

Regular gross already paid in this period ($)

Bonus payment date

Regular pay frequency

Federal methodFederal income tax was withheld from regular wages this or last year, and this bonus is separately identifiedFederal filing status

SS wages BEFORE regular pay and bonus ($)

Medicare wages BEFORE regular pay and bonus ($)

Earlier supplemental wages this year ($)

Federal prior wages exclude both the entered regular pay and bonus. Earlier supplemental wages include common-control employers. W-4 Step 2 is off, adjustments zero. No earlier bonus in this same pay period.

Georgia settings

The state method below is independent of the federal method.

Additional income withholding on bonus ($)

Other incremental local / payroll deductions ($)

Employer uses the separately paid / separately identified Georgia 4.99% supplemental method for this payment.Payroll confirmed all remaining deductions attributable to this bonus, including zero if none; no duplicated state/county/premium amountsI live and work in Georgia. This is a separately paid cash W-2 bonus AFTER the entered regular wages, in the same payroll period, with no earlier bonus that period. No pretax benefit deductions, state exemptions, stock awards, gross-up or cross-state wages apply.

State treatment of this bonus

Eligible separately identified supplemental wages use 4.99% under the revised method supported here from May 11, 2026.

A worked bonus example

A $5,000 fully taxable bonus produces $249.50 of Georgia withholding under this method, before federal and other deductions.

When this estimate does not apply

Earlier 2026 payments and other employer methods are unsupported. Confirm the separately identified supplemental method.

Regular resident W-2 wages, separately paid cash bonus after the entered regular wages, in the same payroll period only. A bonus paid before those regular wages is not supported. No benefit changes, state exemptions, stock awards, gross-up, or earlier supplemental payment in that period. Federal assumptions are shown in the form. Withholding is a payment toward tax, not the final tax bill.

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Reviewed August 31, 2026. Calculate regular Georgia pay · Federal bonus methods · Coverage and methodology