K. Mello Company has three employees-a consultant, a computer programmer, and an administrator. The following payroll information is available for each employee:
Consultant | Computer Programmer | Administrator | ||||
Regular earnings rate | $2,510 per week | $28 per hour | $50 per hour | |||
Overtime earnings rate | Not applicable | 2 times hourly rate | 1.5 times hourly rate | |||
Federal income tax withheld | $920 | $240 | $495 |
For hourly employees, overtime is paid for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
For the current pay period, the computer programmer worked 54 hours and the administrator worked 65 hours. Assume further that the social security tax rate was 6%, and the Medicare tax rate was 1.5%.
Determine the gross pay and the net pay for each of the three employees for the current pay period. Assume the normal working hours in a week are 40 hours. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
Consultant | Computer Programmer | Administrator | |
Gross pay | $ | $ | $ |
Net pay | $ | $ | $ |
Answer:
Determine the gross pay and the net pay for each of the three employees for the current pay period
Gross pay: | |||
Consultant | 2510 | ||
Computer programmer | 1904 | =(40*28)+(28*2*(54-40)) | |
Administrator | 3875 | =(40*50)+((65-40)*50*1.5) | |
Consultant | Computer programmer | Administrator | |
Gross pay | 2510 | 1904 | 3875 |
Less:Deductions | |||
Social Security tax(2510*6 | 2510*6%=150.6 | 1904*6%=114.24 | 3875*6%=232.5 |
Medicane tax | 2510*1.5%=37.65 | 1904*1.5%=28.56 | 3875*1.5%=58.125 |
Federal income tax | 920 | 240 | 495 |
Net pay | 2510-150.6-37.65-920=1401.75 | 1904-114.24-28.56-240=1521.2 | 3875-232.5-58.125-495=3089.375 |
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