Michigan
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Separate Michigan bonus withholding from federal deductions and the city amount supplied by payroll.

Your bonus payment

Gross bonus ($)

Regular gross paid before this bonus ($)

Federal bonus methodBonus is separately identified, and federal income tax was withheld from regular wages this or last year.Regular pay frequencyFederal filing status

Previous supplemental wages this year ($)

Prior Social Security wages ($)

Prior Medicare wages ($)

Prior wages are before this regular paycheck and bonus. Supplemental wages include common-control employers. Assumes W-4 Step 2 unchecked, zero adjustments and no benefit deductions. If those assumptions do not match, use your payroll provider.

Michigan bonus treatment

Separately paid Michigan bonus: 4.25% state withholding, without regular-pay allowances. City withholding needs confirmation.

I live and work in Michigan; this is a separately paid W-2 bonus in the same payroll period as the regular wages entered; those regular wages were paid before this bonus, with no earlier bonus in that period.

Local / other deductions on this bonus ($)

Payroll confirmed this bonus city withholding and other deductions, including 0 if none apply.

Enter only deductions attributable to this bonus, not the entire regular paycheck. No pretax benefit changes, state exemptions, or cross-state wages are supported.

State treatment of this bonus

Michigan separately paid employee bonuses use 4.25% withholding without regular-pay exemptions. A $1,000 bonus produces $42.50 state withholding. A city may also withhold income tax.

A worked bonus example

A $1,000 bonus with federal flat withholding of $220, incremental FICA of $76.50 and Michigan withholding of $42.50 leaves $661 before city and other deductions. Confirming a $5 city amount changes the estimate to $656.

When this estimate does not apply

A missing city confirmation leaves the result partial. Do not reuse a regular-pay city amount unless payroll confirms it also applies to this bonus.

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 Michigan pay · Federal bonus methods · Coverage and methodology