Sheffield Hardware has four employees who are paid on an hourly basis plus time-and-a-half for all hours worked in excess of 40 a week. Payroll data for the week ended March 15 are presented below. Employee   Hours Worked   Hourly Rate   Federal Income Tax Withholdings   United Fund   Cumulative Earnings (Jan. 1–Mar. 7) Ben Abel   40   $15       $?     $5     3,000   Rita Hager   42   16       ?     5     3,000   Jack Never   44   13       60     8     3,000   Sue Perez   46   13       61     5     3,000   Abel and Hager are married. They claim 0 and 4 withholding allowances, respectively. The 7.65% FICA tax rate consists of the Social Security tax rate of 6.2% on salaries and wages up to $128,400 and the Medicare tax rate of 1.45% on all salaries and wages. State income taxes are 3%.     Prepare a payroll register for the weekly payroll. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

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Sheffield Hardware has four employees who are paid on an hourly basis plus time-and-a-half for all hours worked in excess of 40 a week. Payroll data for the week ended March 15 are presented below.

Employee

 

Hours
Worked
 
Hourly
Rate
 
Federal
Income Tax
Withholdings
 
United
Fund

 

Cumulative
Earnings
(Jan. 1–Mar. 7)
Ben Abel   40   $15

 

    $?     $5     3,000  
Rita Hager   42   16       ?     5     3,000  
Jack Never   44   13       60     8     3,000  
Sue Perez   46   13       61     5     3,000  

Abel and Hager are married. They claim 0 and 4 withholding allowances, respectively. The 7.65% FICA tax rate consists of the Social Security tax rate of 6.2% on salaries and wages up to $128,400 and the Medicare tax rate of 1.45% on all salaries and wages. State income taxes are 3%.
 
 
Prepare a payroll register for the weekly payroll. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

MARRIED Persons ― WEEKLY Payroll Period
(For Wages Paid through December 2017)
If the wages are ―
And the number of withholding allowances claimed is ―
At least
But less
than
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is ―
500
510
34 27 19 11 4 0 0 0 0 0
0
510
520
35 28 20 12 5 0 0 0 0 0
0
520
530
37 29 21 13 6 0 0 0 0 0
0
530
540
38 30 22 14 7 0 0 0 0 0
0
540
550
40 31 23 15 8 0 0 0 0 0
0
                         
550
560
41 32 24 16 9 1 0 0 0 0
0
560
570
43 33 25 17 10 2 0 0 0 0
0
570
580
44 34 26 18 11 3 0 0 0 0
0
580
590
46 35 27 19 12 4 0 0 0 0
0
590
600
47 36 28 20 13 5 0 0 0 0
0
                         
600
610
49 38 29 21 14 6 0 0 0 0
0
610
620
50 39 30 22 15 7 0 0 0 0
0
620
630
52 41 31 23 16 8 1 0 0 0
0
630
640
53 42 32 24 17 9 2 0 0 0
0
640
650
55 44 33 25 18 10 3 0 0 0
0
                         
650
660
56 45 34 26 19 11 4 0 0 0
0
660
670
58 47 35 27 20 12 5 0 0 0
0
670
680
59 48 37 28 21 13 6 0 0 0
0
680
690
61 50 38 29 22 14 7 0 0 0
0
690
700
62 51 40 30 23 15 8 0 0 0
0

SHEFFIELD HARDWARE
Payroll Register
For the Week Ending March 15, 2020
       
Earnings
 
Taxable Earnings
 
Deductions
 
Paid
 
Account Debited
Employee
 
Hours
 
Regular
 
Overtime
 
Gross Pay
 
Cumulative
Earnings
 
Social Security
 
Medicare
 
FICA
 
Federal Income Tax
 
State Income Tax
 
United Fund
 
Total
 
Net Pay
 
Salaries and Wages Expense
Ben Abel   40  
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Rita Hager   42  
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Jack Never   44  
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Sue Perez   46  
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Journalize the payroll on March 15, 2020, and the accrual of employer payroll taxes. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
Mar. 15
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Journalize the payment of the payroll on March 16, 2020. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
Mar. 16
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