Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134114811
Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9.A, Problem 1SE
Calculate employee payroll (Learning Objective 8) 5-10 min.
Rob Miller is paid $32 per hour for a 40-hour week and time-and-a-half for hours that exceed 40.
- 1. Compute Miller’s gross pay for working 48 hours during the week.
- 2. Miller’s income tax withholding is 15% of total gross pay. His only payroll deductions are payroll taxes. Compute Miller’s net pay for the week, using a 7.65% FICA tax rate. Assume his total earnings for the year prior to this pay period total $54,800. Round amounts to the nearest cent.
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