Yorke Medical Instruments Ltd has six employees who are paid on the 1st and 16th of each month for the work they performed in the preceding half-month (paid semi-monthly; for instance, Jan 1-15 work is paid Jan 16, and Jan 16-31 work is paid Feb 1). For the pay period February 16 to February 28, 2023, each employee is owed gross pay as follows: Job Position.            # employees              Gross pay details (for Feb 16 - 28) Production Engineer          1                         $ 1,700 per semi-monthly period Sales manager                    1                        $ 1,300 per semi-monthly period Office clerk                          1                               87 hours @ $17 per hour Production workers            3                       $1,050 per semi-monthly period   Each employee must have 19% of their gross pay withheld for income taxes. Each must also make Canada Pension Plan contributions of 5.95% of their gross pay and pay Employment Insurance premiums of 1.63% of their gross pay. Each employee has $21 of union dues deducted from their paycheque. The office clerk also voluntarily chooses to have $40 per paycheque deducted and donated to the United Way charitable organization   what are the payroll general journal entries required to reflect: (1) the payment of the February 16-28 payroll liabilities to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on March 10, (2) the payment of the union dues to Unifor Union Local #123 on March 12, and (3) the payment of the charitable donations to the United Way on March 13. (Round all calculations for dollar amounts to the nearest penny.)

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Yorke Medical Instruments Ltd has six employees who are paid on the 1st and 16th of each month for
the work they performed in the preceding half-month (paid semi-monthly; for instance, Jan 1-15 work is
paid Jan 16, and Jan 16-31 work is paid Feb 1). For the pay period February 16 to February 28, 2023,
each employee is owed gross pay as follows:


Job Position.            # employees              Gross pay details (for Feb 16 - 28)
Production Engineer          1                         $ 1,700 per semi-monthly period
Sales manager                    1                        $ 1,300 per semi-monthly period
Office clerk                          1                               87 hours @ $17 per hour
Production workers            3                       $1,050 per semi-monthly period
 

Each employee must have 19% of their gross pay withheld for income taxes. Each must also make
Canada Pension Plan contributions of 5.95% of their gross pay and pay Employment Insurance premiums
of 1.63% of their gross pay. Each employee has $21 of union dues deducted from their paycheque. The
office clerk also voluntarily chooses to have $40 per paycheque deducted and donated to the United
Way charitable organization

 

what are the payroll general journal entries required to reflect:
(1) the payment of the February 16-28 payroll liabilities to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on
March 10,
(2) the payment of the union dues to Unifor Union Local #123 on March 12, and
(3) the payment of the charitable donations to the United Way on March 13.
(Round all calculations for dollar amounts to the nearest penny.)

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