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Problem 16MC: An employee earns $8,000 in the first pay period. The FICA Social Security Tax rate is 6.2%, and the...

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In EB13, you prepared the journal entries for Janet Evanovich, an employee of Marc Associates. You have now been given the following additional information: June is the first pay period for this employee. FUTA taxes are 0.6% and SUTA taxes are 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to the employee. FICA Social Security and FICA Medicare match employee deductions. The employer is responsible for 60% of the health insurance premium. The employer matches 50% of employee pension plan contributions. Using the information from EB13 and the additional information provided: A. Record the employer payroll for the month of June, dated June 30, 2017. B. Record the payment in cash of all employer liabilities only on July 1.
Lemur Corp. is going to pay three employees a year-end bonus. The amount of the year-end bonus and the amount of federal income tax withholding are as follows. Lemurs payroll deductions include FICA Social Security at 6.2%, FICA Medicare at 1.45%, FUTA at 0.6%, SUTA at 5.4%, federal income tax as previously shown, state income tax at 5% of gross pay, and 401(k) employee contributions at 2% of gross pay. Record the entry for the employee payroll on December 31.
For tax purposes, assume that the maximum taxable earnings are 118,500 for Social Security and 7,000 for the unemployment tax and that all earnings are taxable for Medicare. For the payroll register for the month of November for Shelby, Inc., determine the taxable earnings for each employee.

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