Dog Days, Inc has 10 employees that earned $12,000 in a pay period. The following table is the rates for employment taxes (assume no employees have reached the caps for unemployment). How much will be held from the employees checks?
Social Security | 6.20% |
Medicare | 1.45% |
Federal Withholding | 18% |
State Withholding | 8% |
FUTA | 0.45% |
SUTA | 1.60% |
%*12000*10 employees | ||
Social Security | 6.20% | 7440 |
Medicare | 1.45% | 1740 |
Federal Withholding | 18% | 21600 |
State Withholding | 8% | 9600 |
FUTA (only employers contribute upto the first $ 7000 of each employee's annual salary) | 0.45% | |
SUTA (only employers contribute upto the first $ 7000 of each employee's annual salary) | 1.60% | |
Total withholdings from the 10 employees checks | 40380 |
Journal entries will be: | ||
Account Titles | Debit | Credit |
Salaries expense(12000*10) | 120000 | |
Social Security Taxes Payable | 7440 | |
Medicare taxes payable | 1740 | |
Federal Withholding | 21600 | |
State Withholding | 9600 | |
Salary payable | 79620 | |
(Recording salaries & deductions for the pay-period) | ||
Social Security Taxes Payable (7440*2) | 14880 | |
Medicare Taxes payable (1740*2) | 3480 | |
Federal Withholding | 21600 | |
State Withholding | 9600 | |
FUTA(7000*10*0.45%) | 315 | |
SUTA(7000*10*1.60%) | 1120 | |
Cash | 50995 | |
(On remittance of the above withholdings & state&federal unemployment taxes) | ||
ANSWER: | ||
Total Withholding from employee checks for the period will be = | ||
40380 | ||
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