Prevailing-Wage Package: Cash vs Bona-Fide Fringe
Package = base wage + fringe; paying the fringe as cash makes it taxable wages, funding it through a bona-fide plan does not, saving fringe x the wage-based burden per hour. $35 base + $15 fringe at 7.65% -> $1.15/hr saved; a fuller 15% burden saves $2.25/hr. The wage determination and the plan's bona-fide status govern.
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package = base + fringe; cash_burden = fringe x burden%; plan_saves_per_hr = fringe x burden% (fringe funded through a bona-fide plan is not taxable wages).
The prevailing-wage total package (base wage plus fringe) and the payroll-burden savings of paying fringe through a bona-fide plan versus as cash, by name.
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