Payrex Co. has six employees. All are paid on a weekly basis. For the payroll period ending January 7, total employee earnings were 12,500, all of which were subject to SUTA, FUTA, Social Security, and Medicare taxes. The SUTA tax rate in Payrexs state is 5.4%, but Payrex qualifies for a rate of 2.0% because of its good record of providing regular employment to its employees. Other employer payroll taxes are at the rates described in the chapter. REQUIRED 1. Calculate Payrexs FUTA, SUTA, Social Security, and Medicare taxes for the week ended January 7. 2. Prepare the journal entry for Payrexs payroll taxes for the week ended January 7. 3. What amount of payroll taxes did Payrex save because of its good employment record?

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.

Eagle Life Insurance Company pays its employees 0.30 per mile for driving their personal automobiles to and from work. The company reimburses each employee who rides the bus 100 a month for the cost of a pass. Tom collected 100 for his automobile mileage, and Mason received 100 as reimbursement for the cost of a bus pass. a. What are the effects of the above on Toms and Masons gross income? b. Assume that Tom and Mason are in the 24% marginal tax bracket and the actual before-tax cost for Tom to drive to and from work is 0.30 per mile. What are Toms and Masons after-tax costs of commuting to and from work?