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Gary Marks is paid on a monthly basis. For the month of January of the current year, he earned a total of $9138. FICA tax for Social Security is 6.2% on the first $128,400 of earnings each calendar year and the FICA tax for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The FUTA tax rate is 0.6%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7000 of an employee's pay. The amount of Federal Income Tax withheld from his earnings was $1516.27. What is the amount of the employer's payroll taxes expenses for this employee? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)
Employer's payroll taxes expense
= Social security + Medicare + FUTA + SUTA
= (9138*6.2%)+(9138*1.45%)+(9138*0.6%)+(9138*5.4%)
= 566.56 + 132.50 + 54.83 + 493.45
= 1247.34