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During the year, Plum Company has a SUTA tax rate of 4.8%. The taxable payroll for the year for FUTA and SUTA is $139,000. Compute:
a. Net FUTA Tax
b. Net SUTA tax
c. Total unemployment taxes:
Given information:
Taxable payroll = $139,000
SUTA tax rate = 4.8%
a. Net FUTA taxes:
FUTA on taxable payroll = table payroll * net FUTA tax rate
= $139,000 * 0.6%
= $834
b. Net SUTA taxes:
SUTA on taxable payroll = table payroll * SUTA tax rate
= $139,000 * 4.8%
= $6,672
c. Total unemployment taxes:
Total unemployment taxes = FUTA +SUTA
= $834 + $6,672
= $7,506