Question

The payroll of Oriole Company for September 2019 is as follows.

Total payroll was $506,000, of which $112,000 is exempt from Social Security tax because it represented amounts paid in excess of $128,400 to certain employees. The amount paid to employees in excess of $7,000 (the maximum for both federal and state unemployment tax) was $434,000. Income taxes in the amount of $76,700 were withheld, as was $9,100 in union dues. The state unemployment tax is 3.5%, but Oriole Company is allowed a credit of 2.3% by the state for its unemployment experience. Also, assume that the current FICA tax is 7.65% on an employee’s wages to $128,400 and 1.45% in excess of $128,400. No employee for Oriole makes more than $135,000. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8% after state credit.

Prepare the necessary journal entries if the wages and salaries paid and the employer payroll taxes are recorded separately.

Answer 1

Particulars	Amount Debit	Amount Credit
Salaries & Wages Expense A/c ____________Dr.	$        506,000
To Withholding Taxes payable A/c		$            76,700
To FICA taxes payable A/c		$            30,141	(506000-112000)*7.65%
To Union dues payable A/c		$              9,100
To Cash A/c		$          390,059
Payroll tax expenses A/c ____________Dr.	$          31,581
To FICA taxes payable A/c		$            30,141
To FUTA taxes payable A/c		$                 576	(506000-434000)*0.8%
To SUTA taxes payable A/c		$                 864	(506000-434000)*(3.5%-2.3%)