Question

BMX Company has one employee. FICA Social Security taxes are 6.2% of the first $128,400 paid to its employee, and FICA Medicare taxes are 1.45% of gross pay. For BMX, its FUTA taxes are 0.6% and SUTA taxes are 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to its employee.

	Gross Pay through August 31					Gross Pay for September
a.		$	6,600				$	500
b.			2,100					2,200
c.			122,300					8,200

Compute BMX’s amounts for each of these four taxes as applied to the employee’s gross earnings for September under each of three separate situations (a), (b), and (c). (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

a)
Tax	September Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
FICA—Social Security		6.20%
FICA—Medicare		1.45%
FUTA		0.60%
SUTA		5.40%
b)
Tax	September Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
FICA—Social Security
FICA—Medicare
FUTA
SUTA
c)
Tax	September Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
FICA—Social Security
FICA—Medicare
FUTA	0
SUTA	0

Answer 1

a)
Tax	September Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
FICA-Social Security	$ 500	6.20%	$ 31
FICA-Medicare	$ 500	1.45%	$ 7.25
FUTA	$ 400 ($7,000 (-) $ 6,600)	0.60%	$ 2.40
SUTA	$ 400 ($7,000 (-) $ 6,600)	5.40%	$ 21.60
b)
Tax	September Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
FICA-Social Security	$ 2,200	6.20%	$ 136.40
FICA-Medicare	$ 2,200	1.45%	$ 31.90
FUTA	$ 2,200	0.60%	$ 13.20
SUTA	$ 2,200	5.40%	$ 118.80
c)
Tax	September Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
FICA-Social Security	$ 6,100 ($128,400 (-) $ 122,300)	6.20%	$ 378.20
FICA-Medicare	$ 8,200	1.45%	$ 118.90
FUTA	$ 0	0.60%	$ 0
SUTA	$ 0	5.40%	$ 0