The general situation can be divided into two types:
1. If the company rewards employees who have invented their jobs and obtained the patent number, the reward shall be regarded as salary income, and personal income tax shall be paid according to the salary and bonus of the month in which they obtained it.
2. If the bonus obtained by the inventor belongs to the income from independent personal services, individual income tax shall be paid according to the income from remuneration for services.
Legal basis: Article 2 of the Individual Income Tax Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the following personal income shall be subject to individual income tax:
(1) Income from wages and salaries;
(2) Income from remuneration for labor services;
(3) Income from remuneration;
(4) Income from royalties;
(5) Operating income;
(6) Income from interest, dividends and bonuses;
(7) Income from property lease;
(8) Income from property transfer;
(9) Accidental income.
Individual residents who obtain income from items 1 to 4 of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as comprehensive income) shall calculate individual income tax according to the tax year; Non-resident individuals who obtain income from items 1 to 4 of the preceding paragraph shall calculate individual income tax on a monthly or itemized basis. Taxpayers who obtain income from items 5 to 9 of the preceding paragraph shall calculate individual income tax separately in accordance with the provisions of this law.