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(Payroll Tax Entries) The payroll of Grich Company for September 2014 is as foll

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Question

(Payroll Tax Entries) The payroll of Grich Company for September 2014 is

as follows.

Total payroll was $960,000, of which $220,000 is exempt from Social Security tax

because it represented amounts paid in excess of $102,000 to certain employees. The

amount paid to employees in excess of $7,000 was $800,000. Income taxes in the

amount of $180,000 were withheld, as was $18,000 in union dues.

The state unemployment tax is 3.5%, but Grich Company is allowed a credit of 2.3%

by the state for its unemployment experience. Also, assume that the current F.I.C.A.

tax is 7.65% on an employee

Explanation / Answer

SOLUTION:

From the Employee Side.

Wage and Salaries                               $960,000                    

            Withholding tax payable                                 $180,000

            Union dues payable                                        $18,000

            F.I.C.A. tax payable                                       $59,800

            Cash                                                                $702,200

Calculation of F.I.C.A:

$220,000 was exempt and only taxed at the Medicare rate of 1.45% of $220,000 = $3,190

= ($960,000