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Exercise 9-11A Calculating employee and employer payroll taxes LO 9-5 Sky Co. employed Tom Mils in Year 1. Tom earned $5,100 per month and worked the entire year. Assume the Social Security tax rate is 6 percent for the first $110,000 of earnings, and the Medicare tax rate is 1.5 percent. Tom's federal income tax withholding amount is $910 per month. Use 5.4 percent for the state unemployment tax rate and 0.6 percent for the federal unemployment tax rate on the first $7,000 of earnings per employee. Required a. Answer the following questions: 1. What is Tom's net pay per month? 2. What amount does Tom pay monthly in FICA payroll taxes? 3. What is the total payroll tax expense for Sky Co. for January Year 1? February Year 1? March Year 1? December Year 1? b. Assume that instead of $5,100 per month Tom earned $9,500 per month. Answer the following questions. 1. What is Tom's net pay per month? 2. What amount does Tom pay monthly in FICA payroll taxes? 3. What is the total payroll tax expense for Sky Co. for January Year 1? February Year 1? March Year 1? December Year 1? Answer is not complete. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 83 Required B2 Required A3 Required B1 Required A1 Required A2 Assume that instead of $5,100 per month Tom earned $9,500 per month. What is the total payroll tax expense for Sky Co. for January Year 17 February Year 17 March Year 1? December Year 17 (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Total Employer Payroll Tax January Next> 11 of 14 Prev

I need help completing part B only please!!

Answer 1

	Jan -Nov	Dec	Total
Total earnings	9500*11= 104500	9500	114000
Earnings subject to social security tax	104500 or 9500 per month	since total earnings subject to social security tax exceeds 110000 ,Earnings subject to social security tax will be restricted . 110000-104500 already taxed = 5500

B-1)

		December Net pay
Gross pay		9200
less:social security taxes (5500*6%)	330
Medicare taxes (9500*1.5%)	142.5
Federal income taxes withheld	910	(1382.5)
Net pay		7817.50

B-2)

Monthly FICA taxes paid by Tom = 330+142.5

                                 = 472.5

B-3)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Dec
social security taxes	9500*6%=570	570	570	330
medicare taxes	9500*1.5%=142.5	142.5	142.5	142.5
state unemployment taxes	7000*5.4%= 378	0	0	0
Federal unemployment taxes	7000*.6%=42	0	0	0
total payroll tax expense	1132.5	712.5	712.5	472.5