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On January 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, Regal Company’s payrol...

On January 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, Regal Company’s payroll register showed

that its employees earned $27,760 of office salaries and $70,240 of sales salaries. Withholdings from the

employees’ salaries include FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, FICA Medicare taxes at the

rate of 1.45%, $13,360 of federal income taxes, $1,350 of medical insurance deductions, and $840 of

union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period.

Required

1. Calculate FICA Social Security taxes payable and FICA Medicare taxes payable. Prepare the journal

entry to record Regal Company’s January 8 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.

2. Prepare the journal entry to record Regal’s (employer) payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll.

Regal’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 5% of the first $7,000 paid each

employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8%.

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