Posted: February 3rd, 2015
An oil and gas company generally rewards its employees with an annual bonus. The company announced that the 2014 bonus
would be paid out at 125% of target on January 15th, 2015.
The bonus target is set as a percentage of the employee salary. The employee’s actual bonus award payout may increase or
decrease from the bonus target, depending on the company’s annual performance. (If the company has a good year, the bonuses
may be higher than target.) Additionally, good individual performance on the employee’s part can increase the employee’s
bonus. If an employee receives a year-end performance rating of a 1, their bonus is increased by 20%, and if they receive
a rating of 2, their bonus is increased by 10%. All ratings of 3, 4, or 5 will be paid out at the target plus (allowing
for increases/decreases due to company performance).
The bonus is accrued each year using the target bonus percentage plus 1%, to accrue for performance fluctuations.
Example:
If an employee’s current salary is $90,000 annually and their target payout is 10% of their annual salary, the employee’s
annual bonus would be $9,000. If the company decided to pay out at 150% of target, then employee’s bonus would then be
$13,500. If this employee received a performance rating of 1, this bonus would be an additional 20% higher; therefore the
employee bonus would be a total of $16,200. Since the company accrues at target + 1%, the accrual for this employee at the
end of 2013 would have been $9,900 (11% accrued).
Use the data below to answer the questions.
Employee Salary Grade Annual Salary Performance Rating
Sarah 10 58,000 3
Ben 12 80,000 1
Stephen 11 64,000 1
Mary 12 78,000 2
Jennifer 10 60,000 3
Salary Grade Bonus Target
10 8%
11 8%
12 10%
a. Determine the monthly accrual amount for each of the 5 employees based on the target plus 1% accrual assumption.
b. Determine the total payout for each employee based on the actual payout percentage; be sure to include any
adjustments for performance.
c. Assume these employees all pay 39% tax on their bonus. What is their total after tax take home bonus, per
employee?
d. Write a short (professional) email to the CFO of the company explaining the total bonus payout using the 125% of
target, including all performance adjustments. Explain the differences between the total accrual and the total payout
number.
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