There is one extra bonus for a small group of people, mainly pensioners, who pay 10% on savings if they have no other income.
But others, such as hedge funds and private-equity groups, are wary of participating in government-backed plans after witnessing the hysteria whipped up over bonus payments at American International Group (AIG), a clapped-out (and now government-controlled) insurer.
South Africa clung to their lead in a desperate last 10 minutes but the bonus-point win sealed the group.
They might not have sneaked victory at the death but Toulouse did manage to stay within seven points to claim what could be a vital losing bonus point in a very tight group.
However, in 2002 Disney had put in place for the entire executive officer group a new annual bonus scheme that let a range of one-off financial events be excluded from the assessment of whether management, including the chief executive, had met performance targets.
Wall Street's bleak bonus season just got bleaker at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, where it is becoming clear that traders aren't the only ones at risk of having their pay taken back.
It was not enough to overhaul Perpignan as the French side went through as group winners after they also sealed a bonus-point victory, 37-5 against the Scarlets.
Leicester do at least head back to the east Midlands with a losing bonus point which puts them level on points with group leaders the Ospreys at the top of Group Three.
Imran Pervais, 26, of Milton Road, Gravesend, misled the winning group after their ticket had matched five balls and the bonus ball.
Leicester will go through as group winners if they win, draw or claim two bonus points in defeat at Swansea's Liberty Stadium.
Few are backing Ireland to upset Argentina on the final day of the group stages, let alone secure the try-scoring bonus point which will keep Irish hopes alive.
But Munster were unable to generate a scoring position as Wasps held on for a vital victory in a devilishly difficult group, the Irish marauders having to settle for a bonus point.
Of that group, a striking 48% said they expected a higher bonus this year.
Clermont Auvergne's bonus-point victory over the Scarlets relegated Wasps to third place in the group.
Another group of former Enron employees is taking a different approach in hopes of winning back bonus pay the company owes them.
The unbeaten group leaders will feel satisfied at a job well done despite the lack of a bonus point as they left the Dragons reflecting on pool stage elimination two games inside the distance.
But even among this group, there is high focus on cheap, subsidized childcare, free health care, child bonus payments, subsidized housing and an infinite number of other ways to secure some additional income from the state.
Contepomi's injury-time drop-goal left Toulouse hanging on for a bonus point but Leinster were unable to score again and left the French club in pole position to win the group with a home game against Edinburgh to finish.
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