Question

Pina Company pays its office employee payroll weekly. Below is a partial list of employees and their payroll data for August. Because August is their vacation period, vacation pay is also listed.

Employee		Earnings to July 31			Weekly Pay			Vacation Pay to Be Received in August
Mark Hamill		$5,200			$240			-
Karen Robbins		4,500			190			$380
Brent Kirk		3,700			150			300
Alec Guinness		8,400			290			-
Ken Sprouse		9,000			370			740

Assume that the federal income tax withheld is 10% of wages. Union dues withheld are 2% of wages. Vacations are taken the second and third weeks of August by Robbins, Kirk, and Sprouse. The state unemployment tax rate is 2.5% and the federal is 0.8%, both on a $7,000 maximum. The FICA rate is 7.65% on employee and employer on a maximum of $128,400 per employee. In addition, a 1.45% rate is charged both employer and employee for an employee’s wages in excess of $128,400.

Make the journal entries necessary for each of the four August payrolls. The entries for the payroll and for the company’s liability are made separately. Also make the entry to record the monthly payment of accrued payroll liabilities.

Answer 1

Solution:

Journal entry:

Payroll 1
Date	Particulars	Amount ($)	Amount ($)
	Wages and salaries Expense ($240+$190+$150+$290+$370)	$1,240
	Withholding taxes payable (1,240*10%)		$124
	Union Dues payable (1,20*2%)		$24.8
	FICA taxes Payable (1,240*7.65%)		$94.86
	cash		$996.34
	(For wages and salaries exp paid)
	Payroll tax Expense	114.01
	FICA taxes Payable (1,240*7.65%)		$94.86
	Federal unemployment tax payable (240+190+150)*0.8%		$4.65
	State Unemployment tax Payable (240+190+150)*2.5%		$14.5
	(For Payroll tax exp recorded)
Payroll 2 and 3
Date	Particulars	Amount ($)	Amount ($)
	Vacation wages payable ($380+$300+$740)/2	$710
	Wages and salaries Expense (240+290)	$530
	Withholding taxes payable (1,240*10%)		$124
	Union Dues payable (1,240*2%)		$24.8
	FICA taxes Payable (1,240*7.65%)		$94.86
	cash		$996.34
	(For wages and salaries exp paid)
	Payroll tax Expense	114.01
	FICA taxes Payable (1,240*7.65%)		$94.86
	Federal unemployment tax payable (240+190+150)*0.8%		$4.65
	State Unemployment tax Payable (240+190+150)*2.5%		$14.5
	(For Payroll tax exp recorded)
Payroll 4
Date	Particulars	Amount ($)	Amount ($)
	Wages and salaries Expense ($240+$190+$150+$290+$370)	$1,240
	Withholding taxes payable (1,240*10%)		$124
	Union Dues payable (1,20*2%)		$24.8
	FICA taxes Payable (1,240*7.65%)		$94.86
	cash		$996.34
	(For wages and salaries exp paid)
	Payroll tax Expense	114.01
	FICA taxes Payable (1,240*7.65%)		$94.86
	Federal unemployment tax payable (240+190+150)*0.8%		$4.65
	State Unemployment tax Payable (240+190+150)*2.5%		$14.5
	(For Payroll tax exp recorded)
Monthly payment of accrued Payroll liabilities
	Withholding taxes payable (124*4)	$496
	Union Dues payable (24.8*4)	$99.2
	FICA taxes Payable (94.86*8)	$758.88
	Federal unemployment tax payable (4.65*4)	$18.6
	State Unemployment tax Payable (14.5*4)	$58
	Cash		$1,430.68
	(For accrued payroll liabilities paid)

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