Metro Express has five sales employees, each of whom earns ($4,000) per month and is paid on

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Metro Express has five sales employees, each of whom earns \($4,000\) per month and is paid on the last working day of the month. Each employee’s wages are subject to FICA Social Security taxes of 6.2% and Medicare taxes of 1.45% on all wages. Withholding for each employee also includes federal income tax of 16%. Metro Express pays one-half of each employees’ monthly medical insurance premiums of \($110\). Metro Express also pays federal unemployment taxes of 0.8% of the first \($7,000\) paid each employee, and state unemployment taxes of 4.0% of the first \($7,000\) paid to each employee.
Prepare the journal entries to record (1) the employee’s payroll taxes at January 31, (2) the employer’s payroll taxes at January 31, and (3) payment of the employer’s payroll tax liabilities at January 31 for Metro Express. Metro Express deposits taxes monthly.

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College Accounting Ch 1-14

ISBN: 9780073346892

1st Edition

Authors: John Wild, Vernon Richardson, Ken Shaw

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