Go Systems had the following payroll data for wages for the week ended February 5. The state income tax is assumed to be 20% of the federal income tax.     TAXABLE EARNINGS   DEDUCTIONS TOTAL EARNINGS   ENDING CUMULATIVE EARNINGS   UNEMPLOYMENT   SOCIAL SECURITY   MEDICARE   FEDERAL INCOME TAX   STATE INCOME TAX   SOCIAL SECURITY TAX   MEDICARE TAX 6,770.00   27,850.00   6,770.00   6,770.00   6,770.00   1,015.00   203.00   419.74   98.17 Required: a. Prepare the general journal entry to record the payroll. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest cent and use the rounded answers in subsequent computations. b. Prepare the general journal entry to record the employer's payroll taxes. Assume rates of 0.6 percent for federal unemployment tax and 5.4 percent for state unemployment tax based on the first $7,000 for each employee. Also assume that no employee has earned more than $7,000. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest cent and use the rounded answers in subsequent computations.

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Go Systems had the following payroll data for wages for the week ended February 5. The state income tax is assumed to be 20% of the federal income tax.

    TAXABLE EARNINGS   DEDUCTIONS
TOTAL
EARNINGS
  ENDING
CUMULATIVE
EARNINGS
  UNEMPLOYMENT   SOCIAL
SECURITY
  MEDICARE   FEDERAL
INCOME TAX
  STATE
INCOME TAX
  SOCIAL
SECURITY
TAX
  MEDICARE
TAX
6,770.00   27,850.00   6,770.00   6,770.00   6,770.00   1,015.00   203.00   419.74   98.17

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a. Prepare the general journal entry to record the payroll. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest cent and use the rounded answers in subsequent computations.

b. Prepare the general journal entry to record the employer's payroll taxes. Assume rates of 0.6 percent for federal unemployment tax and 5.4 percent for state unemployment tax based on the first $7,000 for each employee. Also assume that no employee has earned more than $7,000. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest cent and use the rounded answers in subsequent computations.

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