Sometimes with spot bonuses though the employer can “gross up”, and I’ve more rarely (but a non-zero number of times) seen that applied to other “taxable benefi

Sometimes with spot bonuses though the employer can “gross up”, and I’ve more rarely (but a non-zero number of times) seen that applied to other “taxable benefits”. By grossing up they are essentially just paying you additional compensation sufficient to nullify the taxable impact on the employees wallet.