Question

9 Check my work Problem 11-3A Payroll expenses, withholdings, and taxes LO P2, P3 Paloma Co. has four employees, FICA Social Security taxes are 6.2% of the first $118,500 paid to each employee, and FICA Medicare taxes are 1.45% of gross pay. Also, for the first $7000 paid to each employee, the company's FUTA taxes are 05% and SUTA taxes are 2.15%. The company is preparing its payroll calculations for the week ended August 25 Payroll records show the following infomation for the company's four employees. eBook Current Week Gross Pay through Aug. 18 Gross Pay Withholding Dali trey Kiesha Chee $117,400 117,600 6,900 1,250 2,000 900 450 400 284 145 Print 30 In addition to gross pay, the company must pay two-thirds of the $60 per employee weekly health insurance: each employee pays the remaining one-third. The company also contributes an extra 8% of each employee's gross pay (at no cost to employees to a pension fund. Required: Compute the following for the week ended August 25. (Round your intermediate calc places.) ulations and final answers to 2 decimal 1) Employees' FICA Withholdings for Social Security Subject to Tax Tax Rate Tax Amount 68.20 55.80 27.90 24.80 Total176.70 Earnings $ 1,100.00 900.00 450.00 400.00 620% 6.20% 620% 20% Dai Chee

Answer 1

1) Employees' FICA Withholdings for Social Security
Employee	Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
Dali	1100	6.20%	68.20
Trey	900	6.20%	55.80
Kiesha	450	6.20%	27.90
Chee	400	6.20%	24.80
		Total	176.70
2) Employees' FICA Withholdings for Medicare
Employee	Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
Dali	2000	1.45%	29.00
Trey	900	1.45%	13.05
Kiesha	450	1.45%	6.53
Chee	400	1.45%	5.80
		Total	54.38
3) Employer's FICA Taxes for Social Security
Employee	Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
Dali	1100	6.20%	68.20
Trey	900	6.20%	55.80
Kiesha	450	6.20%	27.90
Chee	400	6.20%	24.80
		Total	176.70
4) Employer's FICA Taxes for Medicare
Employee	Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
Dali	2000	1.45%	29.00
Trey	900	1.45%	13.05
Kiesha	450	1.45%	6.53
Chee	400	1.45%	5.80
		Total	54.38
5) Employer's FUTA Taxes
Employee	Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
Dali		0.60%
Trey		0.60%
Kiesha	100	0.60%	0.60
Chee	400	0.60%	2.40
		Total	3.00
6) Employer's SUTA Taxes
Employee	Earnings Subject to Tax	Tax Rate	Tax Amount
Dali		2.15%
Trey		2.15%
Kiesha	100	2.15%	2.15
Chee	400	2.15%	8.60
		Total	10.75
7) Each Employee's Net (take-home) Pay
Employee	Dali	Trey	Kiesha	Chee	Total
Gross Pay	2000.00	900.00	450.00	400.00	3750.00
Income tax withholding	284.00	145.00	39.00	30.00	498.00
FICA - Social Security	68.20	55.80	27.90	24.80	176.70
FICA - Medicare	29.00	13.05	6.53	5.80	54.38
Health Insurance	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	80.00
Net Pay	1598.80	666.15	356.57	319.40	2940.92
8) Total Payroll Related Expense for Each Employee
Employee	Dali	Trey	Kiesha	Chee	Total
Gross Pay	2000.00	900.00	450.00	400.00	3750.00
FICA - Social Security	68.20	55.80	27.90	24.80	176.70
FICA - Medicare	29.00	13.05	6.53	5.80	54.38
FUTA	0.00	0.00	0.60	2.40	3.00
SUTA	0.00	0.00	2.15	8.60	10.75
Health Insurance	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	160.00
Pension	160.00	72.00	36.00	32.00	300.00
Total Payroll Expense	2297.20	1080.85	563.18	513.60	4454.83