Mary’s Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table. Refer to Figure 8-4 in the text. The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22, 20—, are given. Employees are paid 1½ times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week. Name No. ofAllowances Marital Status Total Hours Worked Mar. 16–22 Rate Total EarningsJan. 1–Mar. 15 Bacon, Andrea 4 M 44 $12.00 $5,500.00   Cole, Andrew 1 S 40 12.00 5,860.00   Hicks, Melvin 3 M 43 10.50 4,820.00   Leung, Cara 1 S 35 11.00 5,056.50   Melling, Melissa 2 M 40 13.00 4,727.00     Social Security tax is withheld from the first $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city earnings tax at the rate of 1%, both applied to gross pay. Bacon and Leung have $13 withheld and Cole and Hicks have $4 withheld for health insurance. Bacon and Leung have $22 withheld to be invested in the travel agency’s credit union. Cole has $38.00 withheld and Hicks has $18.75 withheld under a savings bond purchase plan. Mary’s Luxury Travel’s payroll is met by drawing checks on its regular bank account. The checks were issued in sequence, beginning with Check No. 423. Andrew Cole, employee number 62, is employed as a manager in the ticket sales department. He was born on May 8, 1986, and was hired on June 1 of last year. His Social Security number is 544-67-1283. He lives at 28 Quarry Drive, Vernon, CT, 06066. Required: For the week ended March 22, complete an employee earnings record for Andrew Cole. (Insert earnings data only for the week of March 22.) Employee Earnings Record for Period Ended March 22 20--   Earnings Taxable Earnings Deductions     20 -- Period Ended Regular Overtime Total Cumulative Total Unemploy. Comp. Social Security Federal Income Tax Social Security Tax Medicare Tax City Tax Health Insurance Other Total Ck. No. Amount 3/8                                 3/15                                 3/22                           Credit union Savings bond         3/29                                 Gender Department Occupation Social Security No. Marital Status Allowances Pay Rate Date of Birth Date Hired Name/Address Emp. No. M   Ticket Sales Manager 544-67-1283 S 1 $12.00 5/8/86 6/1/-- Andrew Cole 62                         28 Quarry Drive,

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Mary’s Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table. Refer to Figure 8-4 in the text. The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22, 20—, are given. Employees are paid 1½ times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week.


Name
No. of
Allowances
Marital
Status
Total Hours
Worked Mar. 16–22

Rate
Total Earnings
Jan. 1–Mar. 15
Bacon, Andrea 4 M 44 $12.00 $5,500.00  
Cole, Andrew 1 S 40 12.00 5,860.00  
Hicks, Melvin 3 M 43 10.50 4,820.00  
Leung, Cara 1 S 35 11.00 5,056.50  
Melling, Melissa 2 M 40 13.00 4,727.00  

 

Social Security tax is withheld from the first $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city earnings tax at the rate of 1%, both applied to gross pay. Bacon and Leung have $13 withheld and Cole and Hicks have $4 withheld for health insurance. Bacon and Leung have $22 withheld to be invested in the travel agency’s credit union. Cole has $38.00 withheld and Hicks has $18.75 withheld under a savings bond purchase plan.

Mary’s Luxury Travel’s payroll is met by drawing checks on its regular bank account. The checks were issued in sequence, beginning with Check No. 423.

Andrew Cole, employee number 62, is employed as a manager in the ticket sales department. He was born on May 8, 1986, and was hired on June 1 of last year. His Social Security number is 544-67-1283. He lives at 28 Quarry Drive, Vernon, CT, 06066.

Required:

For the week ended March 22, complete an employee earnings record for Andrew Cole. (Insert earnings data only for the week of March 22.)

Employee Earnings Record for Period Ended March 22 20--
  Earnings Taxable Earnings Deductions    
20 -- Period Ended

Regular


Overtime


Total

Cumulative Total

Unemploy. Comp.

Social Security
Federal Income Tax Social Security Tax
Medicare Tax


City Tax

Health Insurance


Other


Total


Ck. No.


Amount
3/8                                
3/15                                
3/22                        
 
  • Credit union
  • Savings bond
       
3/29                                
Gender Department Occupation Social Security No. Marital Status Allowances Pay Rate Date of Birth Date Hired Name/Address Emp. No.
M   Ticket Sales Manager 544-67-1283 S 1 $12.00 5/8/86 6/1/-- Andrew Cole 62
                        28 Quarry Drive,  
                     
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