Breakin Away Company has three employees-a consultant, a computer programmer, and an administrator. The following payroll information is available for each employee: Consultant Computer Programmer Administrator Regular earnings rate Overtime earnings rate* Number of withholding allowances $50 per hour $60 per hour 1.5 times hourly rate 2 times hourly rate $4,000 per week Not applicable 2. 1 2. I *For hourly employees, overtime is paid for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. For the current pay period, the computer programmer worked 50 hours and the ad- ministrator worked 48 hours. The federal income tax withheld for all three employees, who are single, can be determined from the wage bracket withholding table in Exhibit 2 in the chapter. Assume further that the social security tax rate was 6.0%, the Medicare tax rate was 1.5%, and one withholding allowance is $75. Determine the gross pay and the net pay for each of the three employees for the current pay period.

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Breakin Away Company has three employees-a consultant, a computer programmer,
and an administrator. The following payroll information is available for each employee:
Consultant
Computer Programmer
Administrator
Regular earnings rate
Overtime earnings rate*
Number of withholding allowances
$50 per hour
$60 per hour
1.5 times hourly rate 2 times hourly rate
$4,000 per week
Not applicable
2.
1
2.
I
*For hourly employees, overtime is paid for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
For the current pay period, the computer programmer worked 50 hours and the ad-
ministrator worked 48 hours. The federal income tax withheld for all three employees,
who are single, can be determined from the wage bracket withholding table in Exhibit 2
in the chapter. Assume further that the social security tax rate was 6.0%, the Medicare
tax rate was 1.5%, and one withholding allowance is $75.
Determine the gross pay and the net pay for each of the three employees for the
current pay period.
Transcribed Image Text:Breakin Away Company has three employees-a consultant, a computer programmer, and an administrator. The following payroll information is available for each employee: Consultant Computer Programmer Administrator Regular earnings rate Overtime earnings rate* Number of withholding allowances $50 per hour $60 per hour 1.5 times hourly rate 2 times hourly rate $4,000 per week Not applicable 2. 1 2. I *For hourly employees, overtime is paid for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. For the current pay period, the computer programmer worked 50 hours and the ad- ministrator worked 48 hours. The federal income tax withheld for all three employees, who are single, can be determined from the wage bracket withholding table in Exhibit 2 in the chapter. Assume further that the social security tax rate was 6.0%, the Medicare tax rate was 1.5%, and one withholding allowance is $75. Determine the gross pay and the net pay for each of the three employees for the current pay period.
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