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During the first week of January, an employee works 45 hours. For this company, workers earn 150% of their regular rate for hours in excess of 40 per week. Her pay rate is $35 per hour, and her wages are subject to no deductions other than FICA Social Security, FICA Medicare, and federal income taxes. The tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The current FUTA tax rate is 0.6%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee’s pay. The employee has $97 in federal income taxes withheld. What is the amount of this employee’s net pay for the first week of January?
Net pay = $1,438.32
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Working Note 1 - Calculation of Overtime rate | |
Normal hourly rate | $35.00 |
Overtime rate [$35 x 150%] | $52.50 |
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Working Note 2 - Calculation of Gross pay | |
Hour worked | 45 |
Normal wages: | |
Normal hours (a) | 40 |
Normal hourly rate (b) | $35.00 |
Normal wages (c = a x b) | $1,400.00 |
Overtime wages: | |
Overtimes hours [45 - 40 hours] (d) | 5 |
Overtime wage rate [Refer working note 1] (e) | $52.50 |
Overtime wages (f = d x e) | $262.50 |
Gross pay [Normal wages + Overtime wages = c + f] | $1,662.50 |
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Calculation of Net pay | ||
Gross pay [Refer working note 2] | $1,662.50 | |
Less: payroll deductios: | ||
Income tax | $97.00 | |
Social security tax [$1,662.50 x 6.2%] | $103.08 | |
Medicare tax [$1,662.50 x 1.45%] | $24.11 | |
Total payroll deductions | $224.18 | |
Net pay [Gross pay - payroll deductions] | $1,438.32 |