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Do It! Review 10-1b During the month of February, Riverbed Corp’s employees earned wages of $94,720....

Do It! Review 10-1b During the month of February, Riverbed Corp’s employees earned wages of $94,720. Withholdings related to these wages were $7,246 for Social Security (FICA), $9,088 for federal income tax, and $2,432 for state income tax. Costs incurred for unemployment taxes were $141 for federal and $205 for state. Prepare the February 28 journal entries for (a) Salaries and wages expense and salaries and wages payable assuming that all February wages will be paid in March (b) The company’s payroll tax expense. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) No. Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit a) Feb. 28 b) Feb. 28 SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT Question Attempts: 0 of 2 used SAVE FOR LATER SUBMIT ANSWER

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a) Wages expense 94720
                 Social security payable 7246
                  Federal income tax payable 9088
                 State income tax payable 2432
                 Wages payable 75954
b) Payroll tax expense 7592
                 Social security payable 7246
                 FUTA taxes payable 141
                 SUTA taxes payable 205

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