AIG bonus payments controversy
（重定向自Bonus tax）
![The lobby of AIG's headquarters in the American International Building.](/Images/godic/202501/01/AIG_Lobby_at_70_Pine_Street2024.jpg")
The AIG bonus payments controversy began in March 2009, when it was publicly disclosed that the American International Group (AIG) insurance corporation was going to pay approximately $218 million in bonus payments to employees of its financial services division.