Question

Marlene Grady and Pauline Monroe are partners engaged in operating The G&M Doll Shop, which has employed the following persons since the beginning of the year: V. Hoffman (general office worker) $2,300 per month A. Drugan (saleswoman) $24,000 per year G. Beiter (stock clerk) $177 per week S. Egan (deliveryman) $300 per week B. Lin (cleaning and maintenance, part-time) $165 per week Grady and Monroe are each paid a weekly salary allowance of $1,850. The doll shop is located in a state that requires unemployment compensation contributions of employers of one or more individuals. The company is subject to state contributions at a rate of 3.1% for wages not in excess of $8,100. Compute each of the following amounts based upon the 41st weekly payroll period for the week ending October 12, 2018. Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest cent. Use rounded answers in subsequent computations. If an amount is zero, enter "0". a. Amount of FICA taxes (OASDI and HI) to be withheld from the earnings of each person. Taxable Earnings OASDI HI M. Grady $1,850.00 $ $ P. Monroe 1,850.00 V. Hoffman 530.77 A. Drugan 461.54 G. Beiter 177.00 S. Egan 300.00 B. Lin 165.00 b. Amount of the employer's FICA taxes for the weekly payroll. Taxable payroll $ OASDI $ HI $ c. Amount of state unemployment contributions for the weekly payroll. $ d. Amount of the net FUTA tax on the payroll. $ e. Total amount of the employer's payroll taxes for the weekly payroll. $

Answer 1

a.Amount of FICA taxes (OASDI and HI) to be withheld from the earnings of each person .Mr Grady and P Monroe are not taxed by FICA due to them being partners.

Particulars                       Taxable earnings                        OASDI(6.2%)                  HI(1.45%)

V Hoffman                         530.77                                       32.91                             7.7

A Drugan                          461.54                                        28.62                            6.69

G Beiter                            177.00                                       10.97                             2.57

S Egan                              300.00                                       18.6                              4.35

B Lin                                 165.00                                        10.23                            2.39

Total                                                                                   101.33                          23.9

b.Amount of the employer 's FICA taxes for the weekly payroll

Total OASDI is $101.33 and Total HI is $ 23.9

Total FICA =$101.33+$23.9 =$125.23

c.Amount of state unemployment contributions for the weekly payroll

1 $8100 is the SUTA limit

G Beiter and B Lin Total wages are below:

$8100 and are the only employee still paying state umemployment contributions.

2.$177 + $165 =$342 SUTA is 3.1 %

                     =0.031 * $342

                     =$10.602

d) Amount of the net FUTA tax on the payroll :

1.All employees except B Lin are past the $7000 FUTA limit

2.FUTA is .8% =.8%*$165

                      =.008*$165

                      = $1.32

e) Total Amount of the employees payroll taxes for the weekly payroll

1.Grand Total for weekly taxes is FICA+SUTA+FUTA

                                                =$125.23+$10.602+$1.32

                                                =$137.15