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Green Day Hardware payroll for November 2020 is summarized
below.
Amount Subject to Payroll Taxes |
||||||||
Unemployment Tax |
||||||||
Payroll |
Wages Due |
FICA |
Federal |
State |
||||
Factory |
$120,000 |
$120,000 |
$40,000 |
$40,000 |
||||
Sales |
32,000 |
32,000 |
4,000 |
4,000 |
||||
Administrative |
36,000 |
36,000 |
||||||
Total |
$188,000 |
$188,000 |
$44,000 |
$44,000 |
At this point in the year, some employees have already received
wages in excess of those to which payroll taxes apply. Assume that
the state unemployment tax is 2.5%. The FICA rate is 7.65% on an
employee’s wages to $128,400 and 1.45% in excess of $128,400. Of
the $188,000 wages subject to FICA tax, $20,000 of the sales wages
is in excess of $128,400. Federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8%
after credits. Income tax withheld amounts to $16,000 for factory,
$7,000 for sales, and $6,000 for administrative.
(A ) Prepare a schedule showing the employer’s total cost of wages for November by function. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)
Factory |
Sales |
Administrative |
Total |
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Salaries and Wages |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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FICA Taxes |
||||||||
FUTA Taxes |
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SUTA Taxes |
||||||||
Total Cost |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
(B) Prepare the journal entries to record.the factory, sales, and administrative payrolls including the employer’s payroll taxes. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,125.)
1.) | Factory | Sales | Administrative | Total | ||
Salaries and Wages | 120,000 | 32,000 | 36,000 | 188,000 | ||
FICA Taxes | 9,180 | 1,208 | 2,754 | 13,142 | ||
FUTA Taxes | 320 | 32 | - | 352 | ||
SUTA Taxes | 1,000 | 100 | - | 1,100 | ||
Total Cost | 130,500 | 33,340 | 38,754 | 202,594 | ||
Working Note:- | ||||||
1- Calculate the FICA, FUTA and SUTA taxes for factory wages as shown below:- | ||||||
FICA Taxes= $120,000*7.65% | 9,180 | |||||
FUTA Taxes = $40,000*0.8% | 320 | |||||
SUTA Taxes= $40,000*2.5% | 1,000 | |||||
The total taxes for factory wages are $10,500 | ||||||
2- Calculate the FICA, FUTA and SUTA taxes for Sales salaries as shown below:- | ||||||
FICA Taxes ($32,000-$20,000)*7.65%+($20,000*1.45%) | 1,208 | |||||
FUTA Taxes ($4,000*0.8%) | 32 | |||||
SUTA Taxes($4,000*2.5%) | 100 | |||||
The total taxes for sales salaries are $1,340. | ||||||
3- Calculate the FICA, FUTA and SUTA taxes for administrative salaries as shown below:- | ||||||
FICA Taxes= $36,000*7.65%= $2,754 | ||||||
There is no FUTA tax and SUTA tax on administrative salaries. Therefore, the total tax for administrative salaries is $2,502 | ||||||
2.) | Preparing the journal entries as shown below:- | |||||
Account Titles and Explanation | Debit ($) | Credit ($) | ||||
Factory Payroll: | ||||||
Wages and Salaries Expenses | 120,000 | |||||
Withholding taxes payable | 16,000 | |||||
FICA payable | 9,180 | |||||
Wages and Salaries payable | 94,820 | |||||
(To record salaries and wages expenses) | ||||||
Payroll Tax Expense | 10,500 | |||||
FICA Payable | 9,180 | |||||
FUTA Payable | 320 | |||||
SUTA Payable | 1,000 | |||||
(To record the payroll expense) | ||||||
Sales Payroll: | ||||||
Wages and Salaries Expense | 32,000 | |||||
Withholding taxes payable | 7,000 | |||||
FICA Payable | 1,208 | |||||
Wages and Salaries payable | 23,792 | |||||
(To record the salaries and wages expenses) | ||||||
Payroll Tax Expense | 1,340 | |||||
FICA Payable | 1,208 | |||||
FUTA Payable | 32 | |||||
SUTA Payable | 100 |
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