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(Information for 1-4) Joe works 40 hours per week and earns $13 per hour. He has

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(Information for 1-4)

Joe works 40 hours per week and earns $13 per hour. He has$125 take out for Federal Income Taxes (FIT) and the FICA rate is.0765 (.062 for Social Security and .0145 for Medicare). Noother deductions are taken from him. The employers SUTA rateon the first $7,000 of wages is .06 .   The FUTA rate onthe first $7,000 of wages is .008 . Year-to-date wages prior tothis week are $6,800.   The work week runs from Monday toFriday and is paid the following Friday. Payroll is recordedon Tuesday for the week prior and Paid on Friday.  Answer the following (hint, check out my voice lecture power pointfile on Payroll):

1.     What journal entry is needed torecord the payroll from the week prior (week ending 05/22, payrollcomputation happening on Tuesday 05/26).

2.     What journal entry is needed torecord the employer payroll taxes from the week ending 05/22.

3.     What journal entry is needed on 05/29to pay the payroll to be distributed on 05/29.

4.     What journal entry is needed on 05/29to pay the 941 taxes assuming that we pay 941 taxes weekly onFriday.

Explanation / Answer

40*13=520 gross wages FIT=125 FICA=39.78 :
employers tax SUTA 200(7000-6800)*.06=12 FUTA 200(7000-6800)*.008=16 : 1) Wagesexpense         520           FICApayable               39.78           FITpayable                 125            Netpayroll payable       355.22 :          recordpayroll : 2)FICAexp                 39.78    SUTAexp                 12    FUTAexp                16               FICApayable            39.78               SUTApayable             12                FUTApayable             16 :              record tax expense : 3)   Net Payroll payable   355.22                 cash                          355.22 :                Paid payroll : 4)   FICA payable    79.56        FIT   payable   125        SUTApayale      12         FUTApayable   16                    cash                        232.56 :             paid 941 taxes