Intel and TSMC planning tool

Exit-year tax collision calculator

Put ordinary income beside severance, deferred compensation, bonuses and equity so several individually manageable payments do not become one unexpected transition-year tax problem.

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See how several payments can collide in one tax year.

Stack salary, severance, deferred compensation, bonuses, and equity to see the scale of the income arriving together.

EmployerSalary and other ordinary incomeSeverance, PTO, and final paySERPLUS or other deferred payBonus, RSUs, and other incomePlanning tax-rate assumption not a calculated bracket

Educational estimate only. This tool does not provide individualized investment, tax or legal advice, predict investment performance or account for every plan provision. Verify decisions using current Intel or TSMC materials and qualified professional guidance.

What this simplified estimate shows

The calculator adds the payments expected in one calendar year and applies a planning-rate assumption to the special-event income. It is not a tax return or bracket calculator; its job is to show the scale and timing of the collision.

Payments employees commonly miss

Final wages, unused-time payments, severance, Intel SERPLUS, bonuses, RSU vesting, stock sales, relocation payments, retirement distributions and a spouse’s income can land on different statements but the same return. Withholding on each payment may not equal the final household liability.

Use the result to build a calendar

Confirm which payments are fixed, which may have timing choices and which require a qualified tax professional. Intel employees can continue with the SERPLUS distribution guide and 401(k) after-layoff guide. TSMC Arizona employees can review bonus withholding.