Question

The following information about the payroll for the week ended December 30 was obtained from the records of Saine Co.:

Salaries:				Deductions:
	Sales salaries	$296,000			Income tax withheld	$107,360
	Warehouse salaries	163,000			Social security tax withheld	36,600
	Office salaries	151,000			Medicare tax withheld	9,150
		$610,000			Retirement savings	13,420
					Group insurance	10,980
						$177,510

Tax rates assumed:
	Social security, 6%
	Medicare, 1.5%
	State unemployment (employer only), 5.4%
	Federal unemployment (employer only), 0.6%

Required:

If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

1a. Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on December 31, journalize the entry on December 30 to record the payroll.

Date	Account	Debit	Credit
Dec. 30

1b. Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on December 31, journalize the entry on

December 30 to record the employer's payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on December 31. Of the total payroll for the last week of the year, $31,000 is subject to unemployment compensation taxes.

Date	Account	Debit	Credit
Dec. 30

2a. Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on January 4 of the following fiscal year,

journalize the entry on December 30 to record the payroll.

Date	Account	Debit	Credit
Dec. 30

2b. Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on January 4 of the following fiscal year,

journalize the entry to record the employer's payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on January 4. Because it is a new fiscal year, all $610,000 in salaries is subject to unemployment compensation taxes.

Date	Account	Debit	Credit
Jan. 5

Answer 1