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For each employee listed below, calculate the taxable eamings for Social Security tax for the described pay period. Note that none of these employees exceed the Social Security taxable wage base during the year. NOTE: For simplicity, all calculations throughout this exercise, both intermediate and final, should be rounded to two decimal places at each calculation Devin Moody eamed gross pay of $1,650 during a recent pay period. He contributes 12% of gross pay to a 403(b) retirement plan and $80 each pay period to a cafeteria plan. Taxable earnings = $ Jaclyn Connor earned gross pay of $1,800 during a recent pay period. She contributes 10% of gross pay to a 401(k) retirement plan and 4% of gross pay to a dependent care flexible spending account. Taxable earnings = $ ARENG

Answer 1

Part 1

Taxable earnings = Gross pay - Cafeteria Plan = 1650-80 = $1570

Part 2

Taxable earnings = Gross pay - Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account = 1800-(1800*4%) = 1800-72 = $1728