Nested IF functions giving Too Many Arguments error

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I have a workbook where I input information in specific cells to create combinations to calculate employee bonuses. My workbook has 4 tabs:
  1. Data
  2. Bonus
  3. Base Bonus
  4. Summary

The Data tab is formatted like this:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Column A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Column B[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Column C[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]IF formula below[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Base Salary?[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Employee %[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Company %[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Employee $[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Company $[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Job Title[/TD]
[TD]Employee %[/TD]
[TD]Company %[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Employee[/TD]
[TD]Job Title[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bobby[/TD]
[TD]Officer[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ricky[/TD]
[TD]Officer[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tiesto[/TD]
[TD]Officer[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Robert[/TD]
[TD]Officer[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


C1 IF formula calculates based on the combinations listed below:
Code: 
=IF(AND($B$2<>"",$A$8<>"",$B$8<>""),5,IF(AND($B$2<>"",$B$3<>""),3,IF($B$3<>"",1,IF($B$5<>"",2))))

Here are the different combinations numbered 1,2,3,5:
Employee % (cell B3) & Company % (cell B4) cells have numbers inputted = Combo 1
Employee $ (cell B5) & Company $ (cell B6) cells have numbers inputted =Combo 2
Base Salary (B2) is Yes & Employee % (cell B3) cells have been inputted = Combo 3
Base Salary (B2) is Yes & Job Title (A8) & Employee % (cell B8) cell have been inputted = Combo 5


I will further explain combo 3 specifically - If the base bonus is less than the regular bonus, than multiply the base bonus * Employee % + Company&Vendor bonus * Company %. If base bonus is more than regular bonus, than multiply regular bonus * Employee % + Company&Vendor bonus * Company %. Example:

Bobby
Base Bonus $50 < Regular Bonus $100
$50 * 50% employee % = $25
+ $200 company + $0 vendor * 50% company = $100
Final answer is $125 if base bonus is < regular bonus

I will further explain combo 5 specifically - If the base bonus is less than the regular bonus, than multiply the base bonus * employees job title Employee % + Company&Vendor bonus * job title Company %. If base bonus is more than regular bonus, than multiply regular bonus * employees job title Employee % + Company&Vendor bonus * job title Company %. Example:

Bobby
Base Bonus $50 < Regular Bonus $100
Find Bobby's Job title to determine Employee % & Company %
75% Employee % for Officers and 50% Company %
75% * $50 + 50% * ($200 Company & $0 Vendor) = $137.5
Final answer is $137.5 of base bonus is < regular bonus
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Bonus Tab is formatted like this:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Column A[/TD]
[TD]Column B[/TD]
[TD]Column C[/TD]
[TD]Column D[/TD]
[TD]Column E[/TD]
[TD]Column F[/TD]
[TD]Column G[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Yrs. of Service[/TD]
[TD]Promotions[/TD]
[TD]Bonus[/TD]
[TD]Company[/TD]
[TD]Vendor[/TD]
[TD]Total[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bobby[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]300[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ricky[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]400[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tiesto[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]250[/TD]
[TD]500[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]750[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Robert[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]300[/TD]
[TD]600[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]900[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Base Bonus Tab is formatted like this:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Column A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Column B[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Base Bonus[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bobby[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ricky[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tiesto[/TD]
[TD]300[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Robert[/TD]
[TD]300[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Summary Tab is formatted like this:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Column A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Column B[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Total Bonus[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bobby[/TD]
[TD]Formulas based on combination[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ricky[/TD]
[TD]Formulas based on combination[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tiesto[/TD]
[TD]Formulas based on combination[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Robert[/TD]
[TD]Formulas based on combination[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The issue I am having is when I combine all of the formulas together, I receive the Too Many Arguments error message. I would like to avoid making a secondary calculation table, but I am open to resolution options. Here are the formulas by combination that I would like to see if they can be put together into one large formula. See Next Comment for formulas.
 

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Combo 1:
Code: 
=IF(Data!$C$1=1,Data!$B$3*Bonus!B2+Data!$B$4*(Bonus!C2+Bonus!D2))

Combo 2:
Code: 
=IF(Data!$C$1=2,Data!$B$3*Bonus!D2+Data!$B$4*(Bonus!E2+Bonus!F2),IF(Data!$C$1=2,IF(SUM(Bonus!B2:C2)<1,0,1)*Data!$B$6+Data!B5))

Combo 3:
Code: 
=IF(Data!$C$1=3,IF(VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,'Base Bonus'!$A$2:$B$5,2,FALSE)< VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,Bonus!$A$2:$D$5,4,FALSE),VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,'Base Bonus'!$A$2:$B$5,2,FALSE)*Data!$B$3+Data!$B$4*(Bonus!E2+Bonus!F2),VLOOKUP(A2,Bonus!$A$2:$D$5,4,FALSE)*Data!$B$3+Data!$B$4*(Bonus!E2+Bonus!F2)))

Combo 5:
Code: 
=IF(Data!$C$1=5,IF(VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,'Base Bonus'!$A$2:$B$5,2,FALSE)< VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,Bonus!$A$2:$D$5,4,FALSE),VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,'Base Bonus'!$A$2:$B$5,2,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,Data!$A$16:$B$19,2,FALSE),Data!$A$8:$C$11,2,FALSE)+(Bonus!E2+Bonus!E2)*VLOOKUP(VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,Data!$A$16:$B$19,2,FALSE),Data!$A$8:$C$11,3,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A2,Bonus!$A$2:$D$5,4,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,Data!$A$16:$B$19,2,FALSE),Data!$A$8:$C$11,2,FALSE)+(Bonus!E2+Bonus!E2)*VLOOKUP(VLOOKUP(Summary!A2,Data!$A$16:$B$19,2,FALSE),Data!$A$8:$C$11,3,FALSE)))
 
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