For the current year ended December 31, a company has implemented an employee bonus program based on its net income, which employees share equally. Its bonus expense is $40,000. (a) Prepare the journal entry at December 31 of the current year to record the bonus due. (b) Prepare the journal entry at January 20 of the following year to record payment of that bonus to employees.

Yuri Co. operates a chain of gift shops. The company maintains a defined contribution pension plan for its employees. The plan requires quarterly installments to be paid to the funding agent, Whims Funds, by the fifteenth of the month following the end of each quarter. Assume that the pension cost is $143,200 for the quarter ended December 31. Question Content Area a.  Journalize the entry to record the accrued pension liability on December 31. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Dec. 31   - Select - - Select -     - Select - - Select -   Question Content Area Journalize the entry to record the accrued pension liability payment to the funding agent on January 15. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Jan. 15   - Select - - Select -     - Select - - Select -   Question Content Area b.   The pension plan where a company pays the employee a fixed annual amount based on a formula is a

Ehrlich Co. began business on January 2. Salaries were paid toemployees on the last day of each month, and social security tax,Medicare tax, and federal income tax were withheld in the requiredamounts. An employee who is hired in the middle of the month receiveshalf the monthly salary for that month. All required payroll tax reports were filed, and the correct amount of payroll taxes was remitted by thecompany for the calendar year. Early in the following year, before theWage and Tax Statements (Form W-2) could be prepared for distributionto employees and for filing with the Social Security Administration, theemployees' earnings records were inadvertently destroyed.None of the employees resigned or were discharged during the year, and there were no changes in salary rates. The social security tax waswithheld at the rate of 6.0% and Medicare tax at the rate of 1.5% onsalary. Data on dates of employment, salary rates, and employees'income taxes withheld, which are summarized as follows,…

If an employee has received over one million dollars in supplemental earnings for the year, any further supplemental earnings should be withheld a.at a 22% withholding rate. b.using the wage bracket method. c.at a 37% withholding rate. d.using the aggregate method.

Assume that the payroll records of Bramble Oil Company provided the following information for the weekly payroll ended November 30, 2020. Employee T. King T. Binion N.Cole C. Hennesey Hours Worked Date 44 46 Nov. 30 40 Show Transcribed Text Nov. 30 42 Your answer is partially correct. Hourly Pay Rate $69 Salaries and Wages Expense FICA Taxes Payable Account Titles and Explanation Federal Income Taxes Payable Union Dues Payable Salaries and Wages Payable (To record weekly payroll) Payroll Tax Expense 34 FICA Taxes Payable 39 Additional information: All employees are paid overtime at time and a half for hours worked in excess of 40 per week. The FICA tax rate is 7.65% for the first $132,900 of each employee's annual earnings and 1.45% on any earnings over $132,900. The employer pays unemployment taxes of 6.0% (5.4% for state and .6% for federal) on the first $7,000 of each employee's annual earnings. 44 State Income Taxes Payable Federal Income Taxes Payable Federal Income Tax Prepare…

PART 1 Lakeview Company completed the following two transactions. The annual accounting period ends December 31. On December 31, calculated the payroll, which indicates gross earnings for wages ($72,000), payroll deductions for income tax ($7,200), payroll deductions for FICA ($5,400), payroll deductions for American Cancer Society ($2,700), employer contributions for FICA (matching), and state and federal unemployment taxes ($630). Employees were paid in cash, but payments for the corresponding payroll deductions have not yet been made and employer taxes have not yet been recorded. Collected rent revenue of $5,850 on December 10 for office space that Lakeview rented to another business. The rent collected was for 30 days from December 12 to January 10 and was credited in full to Deferred Revenue. Required: 1. & 2. Make the journal entries to record payroll on December 31, the collection of rent on December 10 and adjusting journal entry on December 31. 3. Show how any of the…

In 20-- the annual salaries paid each of the officers of Abrew, Inc., follow. The officers are paid semimonthly on the 15th and the last day of the month. Compute the FICA taxes to be withheld from each officer’s pay on (a) November 15 and (b) December 31.

FICA defines all of the following as wages except: Group of answer choices Total cash tips of $15 received by a tipped employee in the month of May Standby payments First six months of sick pay Year-end bonuses Employee's social security taxes paid for by the employer

An employee receives a bi-weekly gross salary of $2,000. The employee’s deductions include income tax of $218, CPP of $99, EI of $36, and union dues of $50. The employer’s share of the deductions includes CPP of $139 and EI of $36. What is the total amount of salaries and employee benefits expense that X Corp. would record on its income statement as a result of the employee's bi-weekly salary?   answers  a. $1,597 b. $1,772 c. $2,000 d. $2,175

Why should the employee’s supervisor not distribute paychecks?