BONUS CALCULATOR / TENNESSEE

Tennessee
bonus tax calculator.

Estimate your separately paid Tennessee bonus with federal withholding, wage caps and bonus-specific deductions visible.

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.

Tennessee bonus treatment

No state wage income-tax withholding. Federal withholding and FICA can still apply.

I live and work in Tennessee; 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 ($)

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

Tennessee has no personal income tax. Do not apply an old Hall tax rate to a wage bonus. Federal supplemental-wage and FICA rules still matter.

A worked bonus example

On a $1,000 bonus with the eligible 22% federal method, $220 is federal withholding. If Social Security wages with this employer already reached the annual cap, the bonus Social Security deduction is zero. Medicare and possibly additional Medicare still apply.

When this estimate does not apply

Enter wages before both the regular paycheck and bonus. The calculator accounts for the regular paycheck when finding the remaining FICA wage base.

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 Tennessee pay · Federal bonus methods · Coverage and methodology