Refer to Problem 9-4B. Before the pay period endin g June 1, 2007, the individual employee earnings record for Andre Jones reports the following:

Social Security taxes of 6.2% and Medicare taxes of 1.45% are deducted from each employee’s gross pay. Tax withholding tables are used to compute amounts to withhold for federal income taxes. State income tax withheld equals 8% of the dollar amount of federal income taxes withheld.
Required
1. Refer to Problem 9-4B and enter the payroll information for the pay period ending June 1, 2007, in an individual employee earnings record for Andre Jones.
2. Assume that Andre Jones works exactly 40 hours in each of the payroll periods ending June 8, June 15, June 22, and June 29 of 2007. Compute the amounts to withhold from Andre’s weekly net pay for Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, federal income tax withholdings, and state income tax withholdings.
3. Enter the amounts computed in requirement 2 in Andre Jones’s individual employee earnings record.
4. Compute the total amounts of gross pay, federal income tax withholdings, state income tax withholdings, Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, and net pay for Andre Jones for the month of June 1 through June 29, 2007. Enter these amounts in Andre Jones’s individual employee earnings record.
5. Update the year-to-date totals of gross pay, federal income tax withholdings, state income tax withholdings, Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, and net pay on Andre Jones’s individual employee earnings record through June 29, 2007.

Problem 9-4B:

Merle Perkins operates Al Auto Repair. Information on his three employees for the payroll period (week) ending June 1, 2007, is provided below. Each employee receives one and one-half times the normal hourly pay rate for any hour worked beyond 40 in a week. The FICA Social Security tax rate is 6.2% on the first \($94,200\) of each employee’s gross pay and the FICA Medicare tax rate is 1.45% on all of this week’s wages paid to each employee. Federal income tax withholdings are computed from withholding tables and state income tax withholdings are assumed to be 8% of the amount withheld for federal income tax. (Use the withholding tables in Exhibits 9.4 and 9.5.)

Required
I. Enter each employee’s name, year-to-date earnings before this pay period, marital status, regular hourly rate, hours worked, and number of withholding allowances in a payroll register. Hours worked beyond 40 are considered overtime hours.
2. Compute the regular, overtime, and total gross pay for each employee for this pay period. Enter these amounts in the payroll register, 3. Compute the amounts of FICA taxes to be withheld from each employee’s pay and enter these amounts in the payroll register.
4. Determine the amount of federal income tax to withhold from each employee’s gross pay. Use the withholding tables in Exhibits 9.4 and 9.5. Enter these amounts in the payroll register.
5. Determine the amount of state income tax to withhold from each employee’s gross pay. Enter these amounts in the payroll register.
6. Compute each employee’s net pay and enter it into the payroll register.
7. Total the payroll register.

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Employee Name Jones, Andre SS No. 333-55-9999 AI AUTO REPAIR Employee Earnings Report For Month Ended May 25, 2007 Employee Deductions Reference Date Gross Pay Federal Income Tax State FICA- Income Tax Social Security FICA- Medicare Net Pay Beg Balance 21 600 00 294300 235 44 1339 20 313 20 16769 16 6/01/2007 6/08/2007 6/15/2007 6/22/2007 6/29/2007 Total of 6/01/2007 through 6/29/2007 Year-to-date total for Andre Jones