Is Social security tax and Medicare tax calculated on Discretionary bonus?

I concur, this is still considered income earned from employment and includable in the SS tax base Yes, bonus payments, in fact virtually anything received of value, are the same as cash or any other income received from your employer for tax purposes. It is simply an 'Income' and therefore subject to income based taxes (Depending on your particular plan, it may or may not be available for 401k matching) No - you didn't discover some strange loophole (because they don't exist) - like the calling a payment something other than salary makes it not income and not taxable! (If you did, it would be corrected by law and regulation in like 1 minute!).

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