[lbo-talk] Advice

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Sun Nov 30 09:39:14 PST 2003


What did the employers offer as the reason when you asked?

On Nov 30, 2003, at 7:26 AM, kelley at pulpculture.org wrote:


> Let's say an employee does overtime work that amounts to a few
> thousand dollars. Technically, that should be paid in the regular
> paycheck and taxed accordingly.
>
> However, why would an employer prefer to pay it out as a bonus --
> where I claim the bonus at the end of the tax year? I assume the
> employer's saving money (but maybe not.... anyone know?), but is this
> practice screwing the employee over? (no, this isn't pushing me into a
> new tax bracket.)



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