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The following information about the payroll for the week ended December 30 was o

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Question

The following information about the payroll for the week ended December 30 was obtained from the records of Arnsparger Equipment Co.

Salaries
Sales Salaries $270,000
Warehouse salaries $142,000
Office salaries $133,000
Total $545,000

Deductions:
Income Tax withheld $95,920
Social security Tax withheld $32,700
Medical tax Withheld $8,175
U.S savings Bond $11,990
Group Insurance $9,810
Total $158,595

Tax Rates assumed:
Social security, 6%
Medicare, 1.5%
State unemployment (employer only), 4.5%
Federal unemployment (employer only) 0.8%

Instructions:
1. Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on December 31, journalize the following entries:
A. December 30, to record the payroll.

Sales Salaries Expense, Debit & Credit
Warehouse Salaries Expense, Debit & Credit
Office Salaries Expense, Debit & Credit
Employees Income Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Social Security Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Medicare Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Bond Deductions Payable, Debit & Credit
Group Insurance Payable, Debit & Credit
Salaries Payable, Debit & Credit

B. December 30, t record the employers payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on December 31. Of the total payroll for the last week of the year, $30,000 is subject to unemployment compensation taxes.

Payroll Tax Expense, Debit & Credit
Social Security Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Medicare Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
State Unemployment Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Federal Unemployment Tax Payable, Debit & Credit


2. Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on January 5 of the following fiscal year, journalize the following entries:
A. December 30, to record the payroll

Sales Salaries Expense, Debit & Credit
Warehouse Salaries Expense, Debit & Credit
Office Salaries Expense, Debit & Credit
Employees Income Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Social Security Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Medicare Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Bond Deductions Payable, Debit & Credit
Group Insurance Payable, Debit & Credit
Salaries Payable, Debit & Credit


B. January 5, to record the employers payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on January 5.

Payroll Tax Expense, Debit & Credit
Social Security Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Medicare Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
State Unemployment Tax Payable, Debit & Credit
Federal Unemployment Tax Payable, Debit & Credit

Explanation / Answer

ANSWER:

The dealer can infer that the proportion of all customers who still own the cars they purchased at the dealership 6 years earlier is somewhere between 03712 and 0.5088 with a 95% level of confidence.