Virginia
bonus tax calculator.

Estimate an eligible separately paid Virginia cash bonus without applying ordinary-pay allowances a second time.

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.

Virginia settings

The state method below is independent of the federal method.

Additional income withholding on bonus ($)

Other incremental local / payroll deductions ($)

Bonus is separately paid; Virginia income tax has been withheld from my regular wages in the current year; employer elected the optional 5.75% method.Payroll confirmed all remaining deductions attributable to this bonus, including zero if none; no duplicated state/county/premium amountsI live and work in Virginia. 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

The optional separately paid supplemental method uses 5.75%, with Virginia tax previously withheld from regular wages.

A worked bonus example

A $5,000 taxable bonus produces $287.50 Virginia withholding when the stated method applies.

When this estimate does not apply

This tool conservatively requires regular Virginia withholding in the current year. Federal eligibility from a previous year does not establish Virginia eligibility.

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 Virginia pay · Federal bonus methods · Coverage and methodology