Intermediate Accounting (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134730370
Author: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 13.8P
Payroll Taxes Payable. Jackson Corporation employs 45 production workers and pays them all the same salary Jackson employs 10 administrative staff personnel and pays them all the same salary The following annual information is available for each employee group.
Description | Production | Administrative |
Salaries and wages | $4,500,000 | $1,050,675 |
Federal income tax rate | 18% | 22% |
State and local income tax rate | 6% | 9% |
Federal |
25% | 2.5% |
State unemployment tax - effective (wage cap per employee = $7,000) | 1.5% | 1.5% |
Required
- a. Prepare the
journal entry to record the annual payroll. - b. Prepare the journal entry to pay the liability for accrued salaries.
- c. Prepare the journal entry necessary to record Jackson’s payroll tax expense for the annual payroll.
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Peyton Company's payroll for the year is$737,910. Of this amount, 472,120 is for wages paid in excess of of 7,000 to each individual employee. The SUTA rate in Peyton Company's state is 2.9% on the first 7,000 of each employees earnings.. Computte
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b. Net SUTA tax
c. Total Unemployment taxes
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Factory
Sales
Administrative
Total
Wages Due
$126,000
40,000
38,000
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FICA
$126,000
40,000
38,000
$204,000
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$43,000
5,000
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$43,000
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$48,000
At this point in the year, some employees have already received wages in excess of those to which payroll taxes apply. Assume that the
state unemployment tax is 2.5%. The FICA rate is 7.65% on an employee's wages to $142,800 and 1.45% in excess of $142,800. Of the
$204,000 wages subject to FICA tax, $20,000 of the sales wages is in excess of $142,800. Federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8% after
credits. Income tax withheld amounts to $16,300 for factory, $6,900 for sales, and $5,800 for administrative.
Background:
M & D Contractors has numerous employees who are paid on a weekly basis. Payroll information for the most recent week ending August 10, 2018 is given below:
Total Employee compensation $136,000
FICA social security tax rate 6.2%
FICA medicare tax rate 1.45%
Federal unemployment tax rate 0.6%
State unemployment tax rate 5.4%
Federal income tax rate 15.0%
Of the total employee compensation, $136,000 is subject to the FICA taxes and $48,500 is subject to the unemployment taxes. Other expenses include health insurance costs of $60,000 (spilt 90% employer, 10% employee), charitable contributions made to the United Way of $12,500 (100% employee), and retirement benefits paid by the employer equal to 2% of the gross salaries.
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Intermediate Accounting (2nd Edition)
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