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    Need assistance calculating bonus plan

    Hello all - This is my first post to this forum. I apologize in advance for its length. But I've had trouble with finding the right formula/s for an incentive plan I'm trying to model.

    I'm working on a model that will allow me to do the following:
    1. Pay bonuses to a manager for monthly performance over 2005 at a fixed % rate.
    2. There is a monthly cap which is reached when the 2006 monthly actual reaches the 2006 monthly budget.
    3. If the manager exceeds his 2006 budgeted amount in a given month, the difference is 'pooled' to offset any shortages from prior months. A positive 'pool' can help the manager to regain any bonuses that were missed in prior months.

    Example
    Month 1 Budget $1M
    Month 1 2005 $750K
    Month 1 2006 Actual $650K
    The manager would not qualify for a bonus becasue he didn't reach his 2005 actuals (the target).

    Month 2 Budget $1M
    Month 2 2005 $700K
    Month 2 2006 Actual $1.05M
    The manager would earn a fixed percentage rate (I'm using 3.14%) times the amount over 2005 up the the budget. Therefore $300K (1M less 700K) x 3.14%. Now, since the manager was previously $100K under his 2005 target in month 1, the over budget performance of $50K from Month 2 would pool with the shortage of budget -$100K from month one reducing the ytd total to only -$50K. If the manager beats budget by another $50K in month 3 he can recapture his lost incentive from month 1.

    Where I'm having an issue is that my current spreadsheet (doc attached) seems to be be paying out more than it should on months where my manager has exceeded budget but is still under his target for the year.

    I'd like to be more informative but at this point I'm thinking I'll float the spreadsheet out there and see what questions/comments you have for me.

    Thanks in advance!
    Derek
    Last edited by derekblain; 08-10-2006 at 11:30 AM.

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