TA taxes are 0.8% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee; only $44,000 of the weekly salaries were subject to FUTA and SUTA.

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During the 2021 annual audit of ABC Company, you identified that management did not accrue / record the last 5 days of work for all salaried employees. The last five days of work in 2021 are to be paid during the next fiscal year in January 2022. Below are the facts related to the identified misstatement.

 

ABC Company employees earned $68,000 in salaries during the last 5 days of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. FICA Social Security taxes are 6.2% of the first $142,800 of an employee’s wages and FICA Medicare taxes are 1.45% of gross pay. ABC Company had no employees whose salaries were more than $142,800 by the end of December 2021. $8,160 in employee federal income tax was withheld, along with $730 in union dues. SUTA taxes are 2.9% and FUTA taxes are 0.8% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee; only $44,000 of the weekly salaries were subject to FUTA and SUTA.

 

Prepare the adjusting journal entries management will need to make to correct the entire identified misstatement related to fiscal year 2021.

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