Bonuses
By Spc Barcena
Uncle Sam Giveth
&
Uncle Sam Taketh
All bonuses are taxed at 25%
Bonus Types
Enlistment Bonus (EB)
Reenlistment Bonus (SRB)
Career Service Bonus (CSB)
Broken Service Reenlistment Bonus
Critical Skills Retention Bonus
Bonus Extension And Retraining
(BEAR)
Enlistment Bonus (EB)
Documents needed to process an EB
DD 4/1, 4/2, 4/3 (Gives info on date of
enlistment and term of enlistment)
DEP OUT PACKET PGS 1-7 (Gives
the amount of the bonus)
MOS Q orders or Graduation
certificate
Enlistment Bonus
Paid on DJMS Line 34
Input as a 3403 up to $7000.00 any
amount over $7000.00 will be paid in
yearly annual installments using TAO
Mail form.
Installment Calculation
To figure annual installments on a
bonus over $7000.00 Subtract 7K from
total bonus amount then divide that
number by years enlisted minus 1 year
Reenlistment
Bonus (SRB)
Paid in a lump sum based on
zones
Zone A up to $10,000.00
Zone B up to $15,000.00
Zone C up to $20,000.00
SRB Formula
Base pay / 12 months x multiplier x #
months reenlisted for – previously
obligated months (POM)
POM- Time remaining from
reenlistment date until current ETS
Date
SRB
SRB Bonuses are calculated by
DFAS based on the following
spreadsheet
SRB Cont’d
The screens necessary to input
the data to the spreadsheet are:
MC- Name
MD- Grade
TG- Date of Entry for current
enlistment
TH- ETS Date for current
enlistment
SRB Cont’d
Off the enlistment contract the
information needed is:
Date of Reenlistment DD 4/1 BL# 5
Years Reenlisted for DD 4/1 BL# 8a
Grade Reenlisted at DD 4/1 BL# 8a
Multiplier DD 4/1 BL# 8b (2)
MILPER MESSAGE DD4/1 BL#8b (5)
SRB Cont’d
Bonuses are submitted and checked daily. If
not paid they are resubmitted in the same
format every 10 working days
SRB Bonuses are paid on DJMS Line 33.
Line 33 shows total amount pre tax.
PL line shows the amount the SM was
actually paid after taxes.
Both screens can be found under the T09
screen.
Career Service
Bonus (CSB)
Also known as REDUX
$30,000.00 paid either lump
sum or installments, SM choice.
Documents come from
separations and are faxed to
DFAS in the following format
CSB Cont’d
CSB Bonus is paid on the 31 line in
DJMS Pre tax amount
PL or PM line will show the amount the
SM received after tax
Broken Service
Reenlistment
Bonus (BSRB)
Paid to a service member who
ETS’d then rejoined the service
Documents needed are DD 4/1,
4/2,4/3, AND ALL DD 214’s
from prior service
All doccuments faxed to DFAS
in the following format
Critical Skills Retention
Bonus
Is a bonus alotted to certain Career
Fields All 18 series Payable up to
$50,000.00 Lump Sum submitted
straight to DFAS through Dark Side
Finance not this office
Bonus Extension and
Retraining (BEAR)
Bear bonus is offered to service
members who agree to reenlist for
critical shortage MOS.
Soldiers are extended to 24 months
after graduation of re-class at which
time service member has option to
reenlist for BEAR Bonus.
BEAR Cont’d
Bear differs from SRB in that on
the BEAR up to 24 months
POM is forgiven (extension
period)